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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Loose watercolor of a market scene with women among flower stalls, red and orange blooms, and pale awnings overhead.

Flower Market: Dieppe

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Seated arhat with gold halo, prayer beads and robes, attendant behind him, rocky willow landscape in the background.

Arhat (<em>Nakula</em>), one of a set of sixteen

Hanging scroll of two women by a stream under a moon, one kneeling among autumn flowering shrubs, the other standing.

Autumn: Two women gazing at the reflection of the moon

Kubo Shunman, 1800

Ink wash sketch of a stooped animal figure in a dark robe leaning on a staff, with a second figure at the right edge.

An old mouse (?) dressed in a black robe

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting on silk of a riverside pavilion with pine trees, a lake, rocky cliffs, and two small figures on a path.

Scholar arriving at a riverside pavilion

Ink painting of a thatched pavilion among bare trees by water, with misty mountains in the distance.

Pavilion in a grove by the water

Dong Qichang, 1600

Ink handscroll of demons and warriors fighting beside pines and a waterfall on a rocky mountain slope.

Clearing out a mountain forest

Painting of white rose mallow flowers, buds and green leaves with gold veins on a tan ground.

Rose mallow

Ink landscape of a small boat with figures on a river below misty cliffs, with a pine tree in the lower right.

Boating to Red Cliff

Hanging scroll of a snowy riverside landscape with pine trees and distant hills, mounted in gold-patterned silk.

Arashiyama in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1800

Two-panel gold screen: a robed figure with a paper-streamer wand by a river, and seated courtiers beneath pine branches.

A Shinto ceremony

Hanging scroll of a robed bodhisattva standing on a lotus over waves, with pine, rocks and clouds on a gold ground.

Bodhisattva crossing the sea

Ink sketch of two seated figures in robes, surrounded by small studies of exaggerated faces and heads.

Various Faces

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of children playing in a courtyard at New Year, with a seated adult, pavilion, rockwork and flowering plants.

Children at play at the New Year 明嬰戯圖軸

Traditionally attributed to Zhang Xuan, 1640

Two-panel screen: blossoming tree and court women at left, a robed emperor on a terrace with attendants at right, peonies bel

The Chinese emperor Ming Huang and Yang Kuei-fei

Kano School, 1700

Hanging scroll of a long-tailed bird perched on a blossoming plum branch against a pale background.

Bird and plum blossoms

Hanabusa Itchō

Handscroll painting of water buffaloes and herd boys crossing a stream beneath a large tree.

Water buffaloes and herd-boys crossing a stream

Handscroll landscape with blue-green mountains, rock formations, and autumn trees with red foliage on ochre silk.

Autumn landscape with gibbons and deer

Ink line drawing of a young woman in a patterned kimono swinging a battledore, with shuttlecocks sketched at upper left.

Girl playing with a battledore and shuttlecock

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting on silk of misty hills over a river, with gnarled pine trees on a rocky bank in the foreground.

Hills along a river

Traditionally attributed to Xia Gui

Ink drawing of seated Guanyin on a platform beside a folding screen, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Guanyin and Shancai

Ink and wash hanging scroll of misty mountains, a river with boats, and a riverside village of wooden houses.

Landscape: mountains, stream and boats

Katsushika Hokusai

Handscroll painting of hibiscus, bamboo, chrysanthemums, two butterflies and a grasshopper on a golden silk ground.

Flowers, birds, and insects

Hanging scroll of four turtles, three swimming in rippling water and one resting on a rock, in ink and muted colour.

Turtles

Ink line drawing of a man in a crane and bamboo patterned kimono beside a tied box, on beige paper.

A court messenger

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink landscape on silk with misty mountains, pine trees, a wooden bridge and a small boat on water.

Landscape

Hanging scroll of a woman in a white blossom kimono and green robe, turning over her shoulder in a breeze.

Woman walking in a breeze

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1810

Ink and color drawing of a fierce bald Buddhist figure in robes carrying a black staff with red tassels.

Buddhist figure

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a craggy mountain and twisted pine above robed figures on a riverbank, in ink on brown silk.

Summoning the sage at Wei River

Painting of three Japanese figures on tan ground: a kneeling man, a dancer scattering paper, and a seated boy with a fan.

Boy performing a Narihira Dance