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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Pair of gold-framed folding screens showing a snowy landscape with Mount Fuji, pine trees, a waterfall, and a moon over a sho

Landscape with Mount Fuji and Matsubara Pine Forest

Kano Tan'yu, 1669

Painting of robed figures washing a large white elephant beside a basin, with a monk in red holding a staff.

Washing the elephant

Traditionally attributed to Qian Xuan, 1700

Ink sketch of a bald peasant smoking a pipe on a mat, beside a noble figure in a patterned robe and black hat.

Peasant and noble

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a courtesan, a young attendant and a male servant beneath an orange parasol, with calligraphy above.

Yujo, understudy (<em>kamuro</em>) and man-servant

Okumura Masanobu

Handscroll painting of small mounted horsemen and banners crossing pale grey rolling hills in soft ink wash.

Treaty at the Bian Bridge 《汴橋會盟圖》

Walking figure of a courtesan

Katsushika Hokusai

Watercolor of a woman in a straw hat seated at a laid garden table under a tree, with green foliage behind.

Breakfast in the Garden

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Painting of a family group in kimono visiting a shrine, with a shrine attendant on a wooden veranda beside sake and paper str

Infant's first visit to a Shinto shrine

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a brown robe with a patterned blue lining, holding a long pipe to her lips.

Woman holding a tobacco pipe

Katsushika Hokusai, 1810

Painting on silk of a monkey on a rock, a plum branch, a cabbage plant, a cicada and dragonflies on a brown ground.

Monkeys, insects, and cabbage

Emperor Huizong )

Ink landscape scroll with bare trees, grey rocks, and misty water beneath distant hills.

Enjoying the autumn trees

Traditionally attributed to Ni Zan

Ink and colour sketch of a seated woman in a patterned kimono and veil, with red hair ornaments, on a cushion.

Seated courtesan

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a Japanese interior where a standing performer lifts a puppet before seated musicians on a red carpet.

A Private Puppet Performance

Okumura Masanobu

Ink and color painting of a robed traveler on horseback with two attendants near a bridge beneath misty cliffs and pines.

A traveler on horseback with attendants

Painting of townspeople in kimono with bundles near blossoming trees, pines, a curved bridge and a river landscape.

Cherry blossom viewing

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a green robe beside a red table with vessels, on a brown background.

Portrait of a woman in green

Misty fan-shaped landscape painting on silk with distant mountains, a river, trees with red foliage, and small thatched house

Distant mountains beyond a river

Hanging scroll of a bald robed figure in orange and green garments holding a fan, against a pale background.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Sojo Henjo

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Hanging scroll of a young woman gathering shells by the sea while a young man in a pale robe stands near pine trees and a str

Young man and a young woman on the seashore

Kawamata Tsuneyuki

Narrow painting of a blue patterned ceramic vase with yellow flowers against a dark teal background.

The Blue Girl (fragment): Yellow and Blue

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Ink wash painting of a dark horse leaping with lifted forelegs, mane and tail streaming, on pale paper.

A Running horse

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a festival street scene with a decorated float, dancers, armored warriors with swords, and a horseback rider.

Street scene during a festival

Yamamoto Fujinobu

Two-panel screen with scattered irregular textile fragments in red, blue, and white patterns on a gold-flecked background.

Low screen with design of textile fragments

Ogawa Ritsuo, 1700

Hanging scroll of a white snake coiled around a patterned oval bundle tied with a red tassel, framed in gold brocade.

The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of two women on a veranda beside a thatched house, with a flowering tree and a moon with geese above.

Two peasant girls beating cloth outside a house

Katsukawa Shunshō

Chinese painting on silk of a mountain brook with pine, bamboo and birds in flight, with red seal stamps on the silk.

Landscape: a mountain brook, a pine, bamboo and blue-jays

Ink sketch of three men in dynamic poses, one seated and laughing, two tumbling, on pale paper.

Three men gesticulating

Katsushika Hokusai

Two-panel screen showing a stream past dark rocks, autumn grasses, and a leafy shrub with small pale flowers, framed in gold.

Running water, autumn grasses and flowers

Seated ruler under a red canopy receives books from a kneeling scholar, surrounded by courtiers, within a floral border.

Jahangir Giving Books to Shaykhs, from the St. Petersburg Album

Ink drawing of a swimming turtle with a hexagonal shell among flowing sea weed lines on pale paper.

Swimming turtle amongst sea-weeds

Katsushika Hokusai