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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Ink landscape with steep mountains, a pine, plum blossoms, two riders on horseback and an attendant on a path.

Two riders searching for plum blossoms

Ink and colour handscroll of fishermen in small boats on a river beside reeds, with figures casting nets and poling.

Fishermen on an autumn river 明（傳）戴進秋江漁樂圖卷

Pair of Japanese folding screens showing hills, blossoming trees, and figures in a boat beneath a cherry tree on gold ground.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Katsushika Hokusai

Woman stretching cloth under a willow tree while two children play beneath the fabric, painted on silk.

Woman stretching cloth to dry; two children at play

Hanabusa Itchō

Ink drawing of two reclining men with a sake bottle, cup, food bowl and fan on a pale paper ground.

Summer sake sippers

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a misty mountain gorge in dark ink washes, with a river, a small boat, and calligraphy in the upper right.

Landscape: rain in a mountain gorge

Hanging scroll of drooping cherry branches with pale blossoms and buds on a golden-brown ground, gold brocade border.

Drooping cherry branches in blossom

Loose painting of a dark, collapsing wooden mine structure in a green field under a pale blue sky.

Blue and Emerald: Coal Mine

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hanging scroll of two magpies beneath orchid leaves and rocky cliffs, painted in ink on a brown silk ground.

Two magpies under an orchid cliff

Possibly by Lü Ji, 1500

Ink line drawing of two travelers with packs and walking staffs, wearing robes and straw sandals, on pale paper.

Travelers

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of Mount Fuji rising above misty clouds, with a few flying birds on the right in soft ink tones.

Mount Fuji

Ink landscape hanging scroll of snowy mountains, a waterfall, temple buildings, pines, and two boats on water.

Chinese landscape: winter

Six-panel gold-leaf screen showing kimono figures in a snowy garden, a thatched house, and seated men behind a red table.

A Puppet-show: <em>The Story of The Potted Trees</em>

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono and straw hat looking up at a shuttlecock in the air.

A girl playing battledore and shuttlecock

Katsukawa Shunshō

Ink and color painting of a drake beside lotus flowers and buds on a silk hanging scroll.

Drake and lotus flowers

Hanging scroll of a misty cliff, trees on a sandy bank, and fishing nets drying on poles by the water.

After the rain: fishing nets drying on the shore

Traditionally attributed to Li Tang, 1640

Orange tiger lilies with green striped leaves and arching grass blades against a tan background.

Tiger lilies and grass

Hanging scroll on gold ground: a robed female figure with a lotus and young attendant, and a dragon-faced figure bowing at ri

The dragon king revering the Buddha

Chen Hongshou, 1640

Circular painting of a shepherd boy in blue with sheep and a goat beneath a drooping willow tree.

Sheep and shepherd-boy under a willow

Pale pink chrysanthemum blossoms and green buds on a branching stem against a dark green background.

Chrysanthemums

Ink and wash sketch of a large curling wave with white spray on a pale ground, from an album of miscellaneous sketches.

Album: Miscellaneous Sketches

Utagawa Hiroshige

Hanging scroll painting of pink and white hibiscus blossoms and green leaves among thin grasses on a golden ground.

Hibiscus (part of a set, F1904.379-381)

Kanō Tsunenobu

Hanging scroll of a herb gatherer with a basket beside a gnarled pine, rocks, and a waterfall in misty mountains.

An herb gatherer

Traditionally attributed to Li Cheng

Circular painting of women in patterned kimono on a veranda under cherry blossoms, with a seated woman behind a blind.

Parody of a scene from The Tale of Genji

Kawamata Tsuneyuki, 1700

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a checked robe with a young attendant in a yellow bamboo-patterned kimono.

Yujo and her understudy (<em>kamuro</em>)

Miyagawa Chôshun

Two brown butterflies flutter over teal ground with sweeping tan grass strokes and a square seal in the lower right.

Butterflies and grasses

Ink drawing of the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara seated on a lotus, with a robed attendant standing at the right.

Thousand-armed thousand-eyed bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) 明佚名《千手千眼觀世音菩薩像》軸

Hanging scroll of a seated bearded luohan on a rock with a winged demon holding a tablet, on a brown ground.

Luohan and demon

Ink studies of several birds on tan paper, including perched songbirds on branches and a large pheasant.

Birds

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink line drawing of a woman in a kimono raising her arms to dust with a long-handled duster on pale paper.

A Maid preparing to dust

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800