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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Painting of nine white egrets in flight and standing among willow branches and reeds on a brown background.

Nine white egrets and a willow tree

Xu Chongsi, 1500

Handscroll landscape of rounded mountains, dense trees, a thatched pavilion and small walking figures in muted ink tones.

Mountain landscape

Ink and colour drawing of a man bent under a blue backpack with an umbrella, carrying a bundle, in yellow trousers.

Man carrying back-pack and lantern

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of red autumn vines and pine branches draped over a grey ink rock against a gold silk ground.

Pine tree and autumn vine

Tawaraya Sori I, 1800

Ink painting of a rider on horseback and a umbrella-carrying attendant beside willows and hills.

Two travelers in the rain

Fan-shaped painting on gold ground of a peddler with bundled poles and a child looking upward.

A peddler and a child looking at the moon

Hanabusa Itchō

Ink painting of a snowy ravine with pine trees, rocky cliffs, and a stream beneath misty mountains.

Winter landscape: a ravine

Kanō Hōgai, 1880

Two fan-shaped paintings on gold silk: snowy grasses above and a snow-covered green pine branch below.

Snow-laden grasses and Snow-laden pine branches

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono warming sake over a brazier beneath red autumn maple leaves.

Three shirabyoshi drinking sake heated over a fire of autumn leaves

Hokuga, 1800

Hokusai-attributed sketch of a smiling cloth merchant holding up a long patterned fabric, with folded cloth and tools below.

A Cloth Merchant

Katsushika Hokusai

Watercolor of a sailboat beached on wet sand with figures nearby, turquoise sea and pale sky behind.

Southend-The Pleasure Yacht

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Miniature painting of court ladies and a child watching a firework on a night terrace, framed by a gold patterned border.

Court ladies playing with fireworks

Muhammad Afzal, 1740

Ink handscroll of pine trees over rocks with a robed figure walking a path, with red seals along the right margin.

The Lotus Society

Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin

Ink drawing of a shojo with long flowing hair lifting a large sake keg overhead, wearing a patterned robe.

Shojo Lifting a Sake Keg

Katsushika Hokusai

Handscroll painting of kneeling chained men, armed guards with staffs, a pale dog and a leafy tree on silk.

Admonishing in chains

Traditionally attributed to Yan Liben

Ink painting of thatched huts by a shoreline with a bare tree, misty sky, and vertical calligraphy in the upper left.

Thatched huts along a shoreline from the <em>Three Dusks</em>

Kano Tan'yu, 1665

Hanging scroll of three bearded scholars in robes and caps seated on a golden-brown silk ground with calligraphy.

Portraits of three scholars: Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, and Zhu Xi

Liu Minshu, 1200

Handscroll landscape of a river valley with thatched houses, trees, and layered misty hills in muted brown ink.

River valley with houses and temples

Watercolor of a man in a red cap reclining and smoking a pipe in a dim interior, with a candle and jug on a table.

Sam Weller's Landlord in the Fleet

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Painting of a scholar playing a zither under pine trees, with attendants and a red side table on a silk ground.

Playing the zither under pine trees

Six-fold screen pair on gold ground showing herons, lotus, irises, a crane, a rooster and flowering branches in muted tones.

Birds, Animals, and Plants Representing the Twelve Months

Katsushika Hokusai

Misty watercolor of masted ships on a calm river at dusk, with a pink glow along the distant shoreline.

Erith-Evening

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a waterfall, travelers, boats and houses beside a stream, with calligraphy at top.

Travelers among mountains and streams

Traditionally attributed to Dong Yuan

Painting of a black and brown rooster with a red comb standing on green grass against a pale background.

Rooster

Katsushika Hokusai

Fan-shaped ink painting on olive ground with misty mountains, a red sun, dark rocks, a tree and small birds in flight.

River and red sun

Painting of orchids with long green leaves and small pink blossoms beside brown rocks on a brown silk background.

Eight designs of flowers

Hanging scroll of curling waves breaking against a rocky headland with pine trees under a pale sky.

Breaking Waves

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of blossoming cherry trees beside a waterfall and stream, with misty mountains behind.

Spring Landscape

Kano Tan'yu, 1672

Hanging scroll of three women in patterned kimono reading a long paper, with calligraphy above.

Courtesans of the Three Capitals: Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo

Tsukioka Settei, 1777

Hanging scroll of Zhong Kui in gray robes raising a club and subduing a red demon against a soft gray wash background.

Zhong Kui (Shoki) killing a demon

Katsushika Hokusai