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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Ink painting of a mynah bird perched on a blossoming plum branch above a rock, with a red seal and inscription.

Mynah Bird on Plum Branch

Saien Hōsai, 18th century

Hanging scroll with painted maple leaves and a pink camellia above columns of Japanese calligraphy on paper.

Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy

Utamaro II, ca. 1801-6

Ink landscape of steep layered mountains, pine trees, a rocky stream, and a cluster of buildings on a hillside.

Landscapes in the styles of old masters

Wang Jian, dated 1668

Ink landscape with rocky cliffs, pine trees, village houses on the left, distant mountains, and red seal stamps.

Landscape album

Bada Shanren, dated 1699

Ink landscape hanging scroll of misty mountains, pavilions among pine trees, a waterfall, and calligraphy at upper right.

Dwelling among mountains and clouds

Gong Xian, 17th century

Ink landscape with misty mountains, pine trees, a riverside pavilion and boat, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Landscape Painted on the Double Ninth Festival

Shitao, dated 1705

Album leaf with a gnarled tree in pink blossom beside a rock, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Landscapes and calligraphy

Gao Fenghan, dated 1736

Hanging scroll of a seated Buddha on a lotus throne with attendants and an altar, rendered in pale tones on a dark blue groun

Buddha Seated on Lotus Throne

Ink landscape hanging scroll with tall cliffs, a waterfall, pine trees, a river, and small pavilions among the hills.

Landscape

Yun Shouping, undated

Ink painting of bamboo stalks and leaves on a pale ground, with vertical calligraphy and red seals along the left edge.

Bamboo and Poem

Hanging scroll of a white eagle on a rock gazing up at a mountain lion climbing beside bamboo leaves.

White Eagle Eyeing a Mountain Lion

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Xi Wang Mu with Feng Wang

Hanging scroll of a rooster in rain beside bamboo and blue morning glories on a gold ground.

Rooster in a Storm

Sō Shizan, 1783

Hanging scroll of an eagle with spread wings diving toward a monkey, painted in ink and color on a tan ground.

Eagle Attacking a Monkey

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Ink painting of an eagle on rocks swooping toward a fleeing rabbit, with a misty mountain in the background.

Eagle Pursuing Rabbit

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Hanging scroll with a circular ink painting of a boy in red trying to make a dark ox drink beside a bare tree.

Boy Trying to Make an Ox Drink

Hanging scroll of a pink peony sheltered by straw, with a small bird on bamboo above and muted gold background.

Peony Sheltered by Rice Straw

Hanging scroll of a gnarled plum tree with white blossoms on bare branches, with a red seal and inscription.

Flowering Plum

Hanging scroll of red camellia blossoms and green leaves on a twisted branch against a pale ochre background, with a seal at

Camellias

Ink painting of a black crow perched on a pale branch beside feathery pine needles against an empty background.

Crow on a Tree

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a woman with a high hair bun and ornamental pin, with calligraphy above her.

Portrait of Lady

Kano Tanbi, probably late 19th century

Hanging scroll of standing Avalokiteshvara with a willow branch and vase, wearing jewelry and robes, against a dark backgroun

The Bodhisattva Willow Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)

Wu Daozi, late 19th century

Still life on gold ground: grey kettle, ochre vessel with paintbrushes, and a blue box, signed with a red seal.

Kettle and Box with Paint Brushes

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Album leaf of a black lacquer box with gold ginkgo leaves beside a red gourd on a gold background.

Lacquer Box and Gourd

Album leaf showing a bamboo insect cage with red cord beside a black round fan and a small insect on speckled gold ground.

Fan and Insect Cage

Rooster perched on an orange drum with black spiral markings against a speckled gold background.

Cock on Drum

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Album leaf on gold ground with persimmons on a branch, a hanging wasp nest, a wasp, and a red hedge below.

Persimmons Branch and Wasp Nest above a Hedge

Red cattails and green reeds beneath a pale full moon in a dusky sky, with a red seal at lower right.

Cat Tails and Moon

Two red birds in flight beside dark jutting rocks and curving gold grass on a grey silver background.

Birds and Jutting Rocks

Album leaf with two red woven baskets of flowering grass, a farmer's hat on a pole, and birds flying over a silver ground.

Flower Baskets and Farmer's Hat

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1880s