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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Ink drawing of two Japanese laborers in robes and sandals carrying large bundles, walking toward each other.

Laborers

Katsushika Hokusai

Seated Dhyani Buddha in a red and floral robe on a lotus throne beneath a gilded canopy, painted on silk.

Dhyani Buddha

Zhou Shan, 1700

Seated woman and young child with an open book on a black lacquer box, painted on a gold ground.

Utai no Shisho

Ink line drawing of a reclining courtier in layered robes with a sword across his body, on tan paper.

A Courtier

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of layered ink mountains with pine forests, small village buildings and a winding path in the foreground.

Landscape: mountains and valleys

Ink painting on silk of a dragon's head emerging from clouds, with calligraphy in the lower right corner.

A dragon's head in clouds

Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong, 1640

Ink sketch of sprawled and seated robed men, one holding a sake bottle, drawn in bold black outlines on pale paper.

A sake bout

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll showing two eagles on a rocky outcrop against a brown silk background.

Two Eagles

Wang Xiao, 1640

Woman in patterned kimono smoking a pipe on a bench beside a willow tree and river, painted on silk.

Landscape: a <em>yujo</em> sitting on a bench

Miyagawa Chôshun

Hanging scroll of eighteen robed luohans crossing rippling water toward a rocky shore, with red seals in the margins.

Eighteen luohans crossing a river

Hanging scroll of a temple bell beneath a pine tree with a winding path and misty hills in soft ink tones.

Temple bell

Hanabusa Itchō

Detail of a painting with dark bamboo leaves and stalks, grey plum blossoms on gold-flecked paper, and a seal.

Plum and bamboo

Green bamboo stalks and leaves on a brown ground, with a pale tan stalk and a square seal mark at lower right.

Bamboo stalks and leaves

Hanging scroll painting of a rooster, hen and chick beside green leafy plants on a pale ground.

Cock, hen and chick

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, twisted pines, a pavilion, and two horseback riders crossing a bridge.

Returning home in the snow

Plum blossoms on bare ochre branches against a rose-brown background, with pale rounded flowers and a black seal.

Plum blossoms

Hanging scroll of geese beneath a willow tree, with a goose in flight, a perched kingfisher, and chrysanthemums on rocks.

Willow, Geese, and Kingfisher

Fan-shaped ink painting of two figures, one in a tall black hat with a fan, the other in green playing an instrument beside p

Daikoku and Ebisu as New Year's performers

Ink and color painting on a fan of an old white-haired woman seated on overturned grave posts among reeds.

An old woman sitting on two overturned grave-posts

Tawaraya Sori III

Hanging scroll of a dragon among clouds and a twisted pine branch, in brown ink tones within green brocade mounting.

A dragon and clouds

Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong, 1640

Ink painting on silk of a white elephant and two robed figures beside chrysanthemums, with a floating figure above.

Washing the white elephant

Zhao Lingjun, 1500

Ink painting of a standing figure in a tall black hat leaning on a broom, on a buff silk hanging scroll.

Shide (<em>Jittoku</em>)

Painting of a mounted archer in fur vest and green sleeves riding a brown horse past a pine tree and mountains.

A Tatar huntsman on his horse

Hanging scroll of a woman in red kimono and pink headdress beside blossoming cherry trees on an ochre background.

A Dancer, Kiyohime, a cherry tree and the bell of Dojo-ji

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a small bird on a bamboo branch in ink wash, with a large empty paper field above and a red seal at lower r

Bird on a bamboo branch

Two small birds, one flying and one below, beside yellow hibiscus flowers and green leaves on a pale silk ground.

Birds and flowers

Kanō Tsunenobu

Hanging scroll of a young woman in an orange kimono walking with a battledore, against a plain pale background.

Girl playing battledore and shuttlecock

Ink landscape scroll showing misty mountain peaks, trees, and a small boat in a valley, with calligraphy and red seals.

Landscape: mountain peaks and valley

Ink drawing of fishermen in small boats beside a leaning pine tree and reeds on rippling water.

Landscape: figures fishing from boats

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting of a windblown grapevine with leaves and grape clusters, with a pale moon in the upper left corner.

Grapevine in wind and moonlight

Wang Liangchen, 1640