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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Ink landscape scroll with tall cliffs, pine trees, pavilions in a gorge, a waterfall and a small bridge with figures.

Landscape: a mountain gorge, a stream, buildings and people

Hanging scroll of a loquat branch with pale fruit and green leaves on brown silk, with calligraphy and red seals above.

A branch of loquats

Hanging scroll of a gnarled tree with ripe peaches and white chrysanthemums blooming at its base, on golden silk.

Peaches and chrysanthemums 《桃菊圖》

Hanging scroll of a mountain landscape with a waterfall, a pine tree, three seated poets and a standing attendant.

Mountain landscape: three poets and an attendant under a pine tree

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountain peaks, trees by a stream, and calligraphy in the upper left.

Landscape: mountain peaks and stream

Hanging scroll painting of a branch of pale yellow medlar fruit and green leaves on a beige ground.

A branch of medlars

Hanging scroll of ducks by a torrent beneath plum branches and overhanging rocks, painted in muted ochre tones.

Ducks, torrent, and overhanging rocks

Hanging scroll with a pine tree, rocky cliffs and a distant mountain in muted browns, framed by a green brocade border.

Damaged fragment of screen

Kano Masanobu, 1400

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, pavilions and a small boat on a river in muted earth tones.

Fishing boats among mountains and streams

Guan Tong, 1500

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a pagoda, pavilions, pines and a boat on a lake, painted in soft ink tones.

Chinese landscape: summer

Seated woman in layered floral kimono with elaborate hairpins beside a black lacquer box, painted on silk.

Oiran

Hanging scroll of an autumn mountain gorge with red and gold trees, blue-green cliffs, clouds and a small stone bridge.

Autumnal foliage in a mountain gorge

Yang Sheng, 1640

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a striped robe and patterned kimono against a gold background.

Yujo standing

Kaigetsudō Ando

Painting of a red sea bream with pink fins in front of green bamboo leaves on a pale yellow silk ground.

Red Sea Bream (<em>Tai</em>) on Bamboo Leaves

Ogawa Ritsuo, 1700

Ink painting of a crowd of luohan monks among clouds and waves, with a dragon and robed rider above them.

A group of luohan

Ding Yunpeng, 1610

Fan-shaped painting with four red torii gates, a dark ink rock and green tree branches on pale paper.

A tree and four red torii

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink landscape scroll of bare winter trees, a rocky bank, a small boat with a fisherman, and a waterfall in mist.

Fisherman boating under winter trees

Painting of a caparisoned elephant with flowered headdress beside a red-robed attendant holding a long spear on dark silk.

Caparisoned elephant and attendant

Traditionally attributed to Guanxiu

Hanging scroll of a tiered pagoda rising above misty hills, with dark ink trees and red maple leaves in the foreground.

A Pagoda

Hanabusa Itchō

Painting of two phoenixes with long plumage among broad leaves of a tree on a brown silk ground.

Pair of phoenixes on a firmiana tree

Bian Luan, 1500

Hanging scroll of a stag and doe below red camellias with snow-dusted branches, muted brown background.

A stag, a doe, and red camellias in snow

Zhou Yuan, 1300

Ink painting of a herdboy with umbrella riding a water buffalo through rain on a grassy slope.

Herdboy on a water-buffalo in a rainstorm

Nagasawa Rosetsu

Ink and colour painting of a standing boatman poling a boat past a seated woman under a canopy, with misty hills behind.

Chinese man and woman in a boat

Hanging scroll of an autumn hillside with red maples, pines, travelers, a lake, and a distant snow-capped mountain.

Autumn landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Handscroll painting of mounted riders in robes leading a herd of horses across a golden silk ground.

Celestial Horses

Hanging scroll of a snowy lake with an arched bridge, moored boats, bare trees and falling snow in muted grey tones.

Winter landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Hanging scroll of blue and white bell flowers on slender green stalks with leaves, with calligraphy at upper right.

Blue and white flowers on slender stalks

Inscription and seals of Ogata Kenzan, 1700

Ink sketch of several robed figures in dynamic poses, including a reclining swordsman and a kneeling man with a staff.

Miscellaneous figures

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting on silk of a seated monk gesturing to a young attendant beside tall rocks and banana plants.

Mending clothes in the early morning sun

Hanging scroll of a bearded bodhisattva in robes seated on a white lion, holding a staff, with a halo behind.

Manjusri and his lion

Yang Ting, 1640