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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Hanging scroll of two women in kimono beneath a willow tree, one standing with a fan and one seated on a bench.

Two women under a willow tree

Katsukawa Shunshō

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a curving old street with tall gabled buildings and one small figure walking under a pale sky

A Street at Saverne

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Gold-outlined monks in robes gather around an altar table on a deep blue ground, with a lion figure in the foreground.

Five hundred Luohan

Hanging scroll of blossoming cherry trees along a stream with thatched houses and a distant mountain in the background.

Landscape: flowering cherry trees along the banks of a stream

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Hanging scroll of Benten seated on a rock playing a biwa lute above waves, against a pale moon-like circle.

Benten (<em>Sarasvati</em>) seated on a rock

Kanō Tsunenobu

Painting on silk of a sheep grazing beside thorny shrubs and a tree, with two birds flying above a hillside.

Sheep and goats on the banks of a stream

Li Di, 1640

Six-panel screen of cherry trees and robed figures on gold ground, with women behind a veranda at right.

The Tale of Genji, Chapter 34; Kashiwagi catches sight of the Third Princess

Painting of a seated scholar with attendants, a basin, ink stone and scrolls on a brown silk ground with red seals.

Scholar and attendants

Lu Tanwei, 1640

Handscroll painting of melon vines with large melons, pink flowers, a grasshopper and moths on a brown silk ground.

Melon vines, flowers, and insects

Gold ink drawing on blue ground of a child figure with hands in prayer, wearing an ornate robe and jewelry, beside rocks.

The pilgrimage of Sudhana

Sui Chanshi, 1640

Miniature painting of a seated woman in a red shawl with a child holding an open book under a tree.

A Christian subject: The Madonna and Child

Probably by Farrukh Beg, 1610

Watercolor of a standing woman with a green shawl and hand on hip against pale yellow-green drapery.

A Note in Green

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a patterned kimono walking with two young attendants in floral kimono.

A yujo and two understudies (<em>kamuro</em>)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Round fan painting on gold ground showing a horse, a rider, a porter and a figure in blue among green and brown hills.

On one side Narihira and the pilgrim; on the other, chrysanthemums and a brook

Ink sketch of three figures in loose brushwork, one wearing a grid-patterned garment, on a pale paper ground.

Three figures

Katsushika Hokusai

Six-panel gold screen of an emperor and concubine with attendants on a terrace beneath blossoming trees and pines.

The Chinese Emperor Minghuang and his concubine Yang Guifei, with attendants on a terrace

Kanō Eitoku, 1590

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a blue kimono with a red robe, beside bamboo, with a white cat and calligraphy.

Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net

Utagawa Kunisada

Watercolor of moored sailing ships on pale tidal flats under a grey sky, with a lone figure walking in the foreground.

The Anchorage

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a patterned kimono with a fan and a small bird on a gold background.

The Courtesan Takao

Utagawa Hiroshige

Painting of a black and white bull standing in a dim barn with a window showing hills and trees behind it.

A Prize Bull

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1870

Hanging scroll of purple morning glory vines climbing a bamboo stalk against a pale ochre background, with gold brocade borde

Morning glory and bamboo (part of a set, F1904.379-381)

Kanō Tsunenobu

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bald seated man gesturing toward a flaming bowl with a coin and mallet nearby.

Burning a Buddhist Image

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a seated robed man cleaning his ear beside a table of books, with a landscape screen and a standing attendant.

Man cleaning his ear

Hanging scroll of white morning glories and blue flowers beneath a pale full moon, with autumn grasses below.

Moon and Autumn Plants

Sakai Hōitsu, 1800

Hanging scroll of a hawk diving with a fish in its beak above dark rocks and waves, in ink and colour on silk.

Hawk and fish

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of misty riverside with willows, a distant mountain, and two figures beside a boat and firewood bundles.

Woodcutter receiving a drink at a fishing boat

Hanging scroll showing a white heron perched on a gnarled branch beneath drooping willow branches on a beige background.

Heron and willow

Hanabusa Itchō

Ink painting of a grey pigeon with pink beak and feet pecking at scattered grains on a beige background.

Pigeon

Katsushika Hokusai

Woman in red kimono writing on a veranda overlooking a river with boats, pine and cherry trees, and distant mountains.

Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera

Gakutei Harunobu, 1810

Open album showing calligraphy above and an ink landscape of bare trees and distant hills on silk below.

Twenty-four landscapes