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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Ink painting of a woodcutter carrying firewood bundles on a pole along a rocky path beside gnarled trees and misty mountains.

The studious woodcutter Zhu Maichen

Jiang Song, 1500

Hanging scroll of a seated man in a black robe and court hat, with patterned paper sheets at his feet, on a pale ground.

Six immortals of poetry

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Hanging scroll of a white rooster beside a bamboo stalk with ink-wash leaves on a pale ground.

Cock and bamboo

Kanō Tsunenobu

Six-panel gold-bordered screen with cranes among chrysanthemums on a misty green and ochre background.

Cranes and chrysanthemums

Tawaraya Sotatsu

Handscroll painting of robed officials and attendants in a courtyard beside a pavilion, pine tree, and carriage, with text.

Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men (part 2)

Horizontal handscroll of blue-green mountains, trees, and small pavilions along a winding path and river valley.

The Wangchuan Villa

Hanging scroll of geese swimming among reeds and grasses in muted ink and pale color on a brown ground.

Swimming geese

Lin Liang, 1500

Hanging scroll of a bearded man in a patterned robe reclining near a misty mountain, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Poet Semimaru with His Lute in a Bag

Katsushika Hokusai

Misty watercolor of a harbor with masted ships, a red-brown tower, and a boat with red sails on pale blue water.

Venice Harbor

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Six-panel screen of a snowy landscape with rocks, waterfall, misty river, red maples, deer and a pale moon.

Landscape: two of the four seasons; autumn and winter

Hishikawa Sori, 1810

Hanging scroll of a kimono-clad woman beside a blossoming cherry tree, in a patterned brown silk mount.

A courtesan under a cherry tree

Katsushika Hokusai

Six-panel folding screen with two geese beside reeds and grasses, painted in ink and muted colors on pale paper.

Two geese and grasses 雁図屏風

Handscroll landscape with green and blue mountains, pavilions, and a red sunrise over a misty sea.

Ocean sky, rising sun

Watercolor of a calm sea with dark pilings, a sandy beach in the foreground, and a pale blue and pink sunset sky.

Southend-Sunset

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Ink drawing of laughing Hotei with a pole beside a child acrobat in a feathered headdress, with calligraphy at upper left.

Hotei and Chinese Child Acrobats

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a tall woman in a floral kimono walking beside a young attendant in a green plum-blossom robe.

Yujo and her understudy (kamuro)

Loose watercolor of a woman in a dark dress seated at a piano, framed by brown curtains in a warm interior.

Bravura in Brown

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Ink sketch of a bearded man seated on a mat beside a large sword, wearing a loose robe and topknot.

A Man sitting with large sword

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a snow-covered pine tree and a berry-laden shrub against a gold background, with ink calligraphy.

Snow-laden pine and shrub

Signature of Ogata Kenzan, 1741

Painting of masted ships and a rowboat on a riverbank with ice patches, a man in a top hat, and factories in the hazy distanc

The Thames in Ice

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Ink line drawing of a palace with pavilions, stairs, balustrades, a large central tree and small figures of women.

Palace Ladies of the Cinnamon Hall and Orchid Palace

Painting of a misty river landscape with red autumn trees, pines, sailing boats and Mount Fuji in the distance.

River landscape: red foliage and Mount Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Hanging scroll of a woman in a striped robe raising her hand to her hair beside a black lacquer box with gold flowers.

A geisha about to adjust a tortoise-shell hairpin

Chobunsai Eishi, 1800

Chinese handscroll landscape with misty river, layered cliffs, rocky shore and distant trees, painted in ink on silk.

Layered peaks and winding dikes

Hanging scroll with two mandarin ducks, one on a rock by reeds and one swimming on rippled water, in ink and colour.

Mandarin ducks in a landscape

Kanō Tsunenobu

Ink drawing of a seated luohan, attendant, and kneeling worshipper beneath gnarled pine trees.

Luohan, attendant, and worshipper under pines

Ink and color painting on a fan-shaped sheet of a stout old man in a blue checkered robe seated beside a large bell.

A fat old man sitting beside a large bell

Katsushika Hokusai

Loose watercolor of a row of shops with red roofs and small figures walking across a pale open street.

Red and Brown-Hoxton

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Ink painting of a bearded man and a child beside a water buffalo, with red seals at lower left.

Two men and a water-buffalo

Hanging scroll of a twisting blossoming tree, pine trees, red-roofed village and a snow-capped mountain on tan silk.

River landscape: village and tall trees

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800