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Ink painting of Hotei, a round-bellied bald figure drawn in loose gray brushstrokes, with a red seal at upper left.

Hotei

Six-panel folding screen with ink-painted plum tree, gnarled trunk, and white blossoms on a pale background.

Plum Screen

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a waterfall, rocky cliffs, a pine tree, and misty washes, with red seals and inscription.

Waterfall after Ma Yuan

Hanging scroll of a mountain village with thatched houses, pine trees, misty peaks and a traveler on a stone path.

Mountain Village

Ki Baitei, 1789

Ink drawing of a smiling seated man in a grey robe and black cap, with vertical Japanese calligraphy and a red seal.

Bashō with two Haiku

Ink painting of a robed man with a staff walking beside a deer, with cursive calligraphy in columns above.

Basho and Deer

Painting of a wild-haired, bearded man in a white robe gazing upward with an open mouth against a dark background.

An Actor as King Lear

Gustav Adolf Barthel, 1850

Ink painting of a fisherman in a small boat beside a rocky cliff with a cave, misty peaks behind.

Landscape with Fisherman Outside a Cave

Mochizuki Gyokusen

Ink painting of a dark eagle on a rock above stylized waves, on a six-panel folding screen.

Eagle on Rock by Waves

Mochizuki Gyokusen

Painting of a large black bull with a blue rope through its nose against a gold background.

Black Bull

Mochizuki Gyokusen

Painting of a woodland path beside a stream, with birch trees and a small figure standing in the distance.

Temple Woods

Ink and wash painting of a white lotus in bloom among dark leaves and reeds, with calligraphy and red seals.

Lotus in Bloom

Ink painting on paper of orchids with arching leaves and small flower stems, with red seal stamps at upper right.

Orchids

Tanomura Chokunyū

Ink sketches of bamboo, pine, plum branches, rocks and a willow twig with Chinese labels on pale paper.

Painting Instruction

Tanomura Chokunyū

Hanging scroll of a tiger crouching on rocks above a stream, with pine branches overhead and a red seal at upper right.

Tiger by a Stream

Kawabata Gyokushō

Holy Family on a donkey with an angel leader, Saint Joseph gesturing toward soldiers on horseback, cherubs above, palm tree a

The Flight into Egypt

José Moreno, 1669

Fan painting of an elderly bald man in blue robes with a child, a dragon in clouds, and plum branches above.

Fan Painting of a Daoist Magician

Wan Shouqi, 1650

Ink landscape with cliffs, a hilltop pavilion, a pine over water, a sailboat, and a lakeside village in mist.

Landscape of Summer and Autumn, from a triptych of Bodhidharma and Landscapes of the Four Seaons

Ink landscape scroll of misty cliffs, a hillside temple, a lakeside pavilion and a small boat on water.

Landscape of Winter and Spring, from a triptych of Bodhidharma and Landscapes of the Four Seaons

Hanging scroll of Bodhidharma, a bald bearded monk in a red robe, standing against a plain grey background.

Bodhidharma, from a triptych of Bodhidharma and Landscapes of the Four Seaons

Ink painting of Budai reclining on a large sack, holding a wine cup, with calligraphy and red seals at left.

Budai

Hanging scroll of three sparrows perched among green bamboo branches, with a bamboo shoot and rock below on tan silk.

Sparrows and Bamboo

Open album with two small ink landscape paintings and calligraphy pages beside a dark wooden box.

Album of miniature landscape paintings, from a double album set

Fang Shishu, 1723

Ink landscape album leaf with craggy rock mountains, tiny figures on ridges, calligraphy and red seals.

Album Leaf, from "Landscapes from Nature, Poetry, and Art

Wang Chen, 1774

Ink drawing of a pale ghostly woman with long black hair and white robe, gazing downward beside crescent moon shapes.

Ghost

Painting of white narcissus flowers with gold centers and long green leaves on beige paper, with a red seal.

Narcissus

Nakamura Hōchū

Fan painting of a seated figure in a red robe beside a meandering stream with floating red cups.

Party Held by a Meandering Stream

Nakamura Hōchū

Hanging scroll of a hydrangea branch with white blue-centered blossoms and mottled green leaves on a tan background.

Hydrangea

Nakamura Hōchū

Hanging scroll of blue irises with long leaves beside a wavy stream, with a red seal in the lower right corner.

Blue Iris

Nakamura Hōchū

Ink and color painting on a fan-shaped sheet of a woman in a black cloak carrying a bundle on her head, with a red seal.

Woman of Ohara

Nakamura Hōchū