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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a waterfall, and pavilions among trees, with calligraphy and red seals above.

A mountain landscape: mists and waterfall; buildings among trees

Hanging scroll of a fireman in dark robes climbing a tall flagpole toward a white streaming flag, with a red pouch at his sid

Fireman climbing up a flag pole

Tsutsumi Torin III

Ink painting on silk of three robed men beneath pine branches, one seated and two standing in conversation.

The three stars

Ink painting of flowers, grasses and leaves with vertical Japanese calligraphy, framed by gold brocade borders.

Flowers, grasses, and a poem

Hanging scroll of a winter mountain landscape with bare trees, a pavilion, and a rider on horseback on a path.

Visiting a friend after snowfall without a meeting

Guan Tong, 1700

Ink drawing of robed luohan figures crossing rippling waves toward a pavilion on clouds, with red seals at the edges.

Luohans crossing the sea

Small square panel of twisted pine trees with reddish trunks and blue-green foliage on a golden-brown ground.

Pine trees

Hanging scroll of two robed scholars beneath a pine branch, gazing at a waterfall cascading down a misty cliff.

Two gentlemen contemplating a waterfall

Hanging scroll of two geese feeding by lotus leaves and reeds, with two small wagtails, in muted brown tones.

Two geese feeding in a lotus pond

Traditionally attributed to Qian Xuan, 1700

Ink landscape with travelers and pack animals on a misty path beside a dark rock outcrop and distant hills.

Landscape: river, town and mist

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Ink outline drawing of a seated woman seen from behind, hand raised to her hair, robes spread across pale paper.

Seated woman scratching her head

Katsushika Hokusai

Two pale rabbits with red eyes among sweeping grasses on a dark brown background, with a square seal in the lower right.

Rabbits and grasses

Hanging scroll of a spring landscape with white plum blossoms, pine-topped hill, wooden house and birds in flight.

Spring landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Horizontal scroll on gold ground: thatched house by a stream, willows, bamboo, cherry blossoms and robed figures beneath mist

Landscapes of the four seasons

Hanging scroll of bare winter trees beneath a tall rocky cliff and jagged misty peaks, painted in ink on silk.

Winter trees and snowy peaks

Hanging scroll of an eggplant plant with purple fruits, green leaves and pink flowers, with calligraphy above.

Eggplant

Ink line drawing of standing Guanyin in flowing robes and veil on a pale mottled ground.

Standing Guanyin

Probably by Zhang Hong, 1600

Ink painting of a bearded man leading a thin brown horse with a dog lying below, on a pale silk scroll with brocade border.

A tatar, a lean horse, and a dog

Ink painting of a cabbage plant with broad leaves rising from rocky ground, with red seals on the silk.

A cabbage plant

Gao Huaibao, 1400

Painting of a standing woman in a dark patterned robe with an orange sash, head bowed, against a plain tan background.

Standing figure of a tall girl

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of white chrysanthemums with yellow centers and green leaves, with calligraphy at upper left and a red seal.

Chrysanthemums

Seal of Ogata Kenzan, 1700

Gold heron beside reeds and rocks on a blue-grey ground, with a seal stamp at the left edge.

Heron and reeds

Ink painting of two men with a cherry blossom branch, with calligraphy above on a hanging scroll.

Two men returning from cherry blossom viewing

Tawaraya Sori III

Ink painting of two cups, one decorated with pine needles and the other with a curving plum branch, on pale paper.

Two cups decorated respectively with pine and plum

Ink painting of a fisherman with a cormorant in a wooden boat beside reeds and a misty rocky cliff.

Fishing with cormorants

Hanging scroll of a woman in a robe and a wood gatherer with a bundle under a blossoming cherry tree on gold silk.

A woman and a wood gatherer under a cherry tree

Tawaraya Sori III

Hanging scroll of two dark gibbons with pale faces in a leafy tree above rocks and bamboo on a brown silk ground.

Two gibbons in a tree

Ink sketch sheet of six figures in robes, some seated with swords and some reclining, study of kabuki actors.

Kabuki actors

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a parasol, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Two girls dressed as manzai performers

Utagawa Toyohiro

Ink scroll of robed figures in a courtyard under a pine, one holding up a painted portrait of a bearded man.

Expelling demons from the house