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Ink drawing of a quail beside columns of cursive Japanese handwriting on a pale paper sheet.

Letter with a Quail

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, and a small pavilion by water, with calligraphy at upper left.

Floating Mist on Distant Peaks

Tesuō Somon, 1858

Ink painting of orchids with arching leaves growing from dark rocks, with a red seal and inscription at upper right.

Orchids and Rocks

Ink and wash hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a small house, bare trees, a boat and calligraphy.

Snowscape

Tesuō Somon, 1865

Ink painting of a gnarled plum branch with white blossoms, calligraphy and a red seal in the upper right.

Plum Branch

Tesuō Somon, 1863

Painting of gnarled pine trees above a hillside with a procession of foxes in robes near a small red-roofed building.

Foxes' Wedding Procession

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Hanging scroll of a sponge gourd vine with yellow flowers, a praying mantis, grasshoppers and a white butterfly on pale silk.

Mantis and Butterfly on Sponge Gourd

Nakabayashi Chikkei, 1857

Hanging scroll of misty mountains with pine trees, thatched houses, and a robed scholar crossing a footbridge below.

Scholar in a Mountain Landscape

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Hanging scroll of a courtier playing flute under a pine tree by a stream, with a child in red and a pale moon above.

The Courtier Minamoto no Nakakuni

Nakabayashi Chikkei, 1854

Hanging scroll of white-robed Kannon seated on a rock above ink-drawn waves, with a halo and calligraphic inscription.

White-robed Kannon

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Hawk in flight grasping a white wind god figure amid swirling mist, painted in muted ink tones on silk.

God of Wind caught by a hawk [left of the pair Gods of Wind and Thunder]

Hanging scroll of a thunder god with drums, rising above waves and a crab amid grey storm clouds.

God of Thunder captured by a crab [right of the pair Gods of Wind and Thunder]

Hanging scroll painting of a seated striped tabby cat with green eyes beside bamboo leaves on a plain ochre ground.

Tiger [left of a pair of Tiger and Dragon]

Mori Ippô, 1868

Ink painting of a dragon coiling through dark clouds on a pale ochre hanging scroll.

Dragon [right of a pair of Tiger and Dragon]

Mori Ippô, 1868

Hanging scroll painting of a pale full moon against a soft grey gradient sky, with silk mounting borders.

A Full Moon

Nakajima Raishō

Hanging scroll of a carp leaping from waves below drooping willow strands, with calligraphy and red seals at left.

Leaping Carp

Nakajima Raishō

Ink drawing of a boatman poling a flat boat with three passengers across a river, reeds in the foreground, poem at upper left

Boating Scene with Poem

Folding fan painting in ink and wash of willows, a fisherman in a boat, and riverside buildings, with calligraphy and a red s

Song of Fishing Among Willows

Taniguchi Aizan

Ink landscape on a fan-shaped leaf with a windswept pine, layered mountains, and a small pavilion among rocks.

Landscape after Wu Chen

Taniguchi Aizan

Six-panel gold screen showing a large tiger reclining with two cubs on rocks, with misty mountains behind.

Tigers by Mountain Streams [right of a pair]

Kishi Chikudō, 1892

Ink landscape of willow trees, a horseback rider on a winding path, a thatched hut, and a distant boat on misty water.

Spring Landscape

Taniguchi Aizan

Hanging scroll painting of a seated tiger with head raised, mouth open and teeth bared, in ink and color on silk or paper.

Sitting Tiger

Hanging scroll of an egret on a willow branch beside a river, with a crescent moon and white chrysanthemums.

Egret on a Willow Branch

Ink landscape scroll with a bare tree, rocky shore, three small boats, and calligraphy in the upper right.

Morning Landscape

Nishiyama Kan'ei

Album leaf showing two figures beside a large haystack under a pale moon, with a bamboo fence and tree branch.

Album leaf

Qian Hui'an, 1875

Ink painting of windblown grasses on a riverbank at dusk, with small glowing fireflies scattered across a misty sky.

Fireflies at Uji River

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, blossoming trees, a stream, and two figures carrying bundles on a path.

Woodcutter Returning from the Mountain in Spring

Oil painting of a sunlit rocky cliff above a green hillside, with a stone house, cypress trees and fields below.

Mount Canaille, Cassis

Mark Fisher, 1923

Still life of dark purple and pale plums scattered on grass, lit by a patch of light against a shadowy background.

Plums

Carducius Plantagenet Ream, 1870

Still life painting of a pile of peaches on a green cloth against a dark background, lit from the upper left.

Peaches

Carducius Plantagenet Ream, 1870