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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Three women and a child beneath a flowering cherry tree at a seashore with moored boats, painted on a golden ground.

Three women under a flowering cherry tree at the seashore

Utagawa Toyokuni

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a patterned kimono holding a folding fan, with a bamboo blind and painted screen behind h

A girl sitting on a verandah

Kawamata Tsuneyuki

Ink and colour painting of pink peony blossoms with dark wash leaves on a branch against a pale ochre background.

Peony

Katsushika Hokusai

Two six-panel folding screens with gold-leaf ground showing seasonal flowers, chrysanthemums, irises and lilies, in muted ton

Flowers of the seasons

Tawaraya Sotatsu

Ink wash landscape with misty mountains, a small boat on water, and a red artist seal at lower right.

Landscape

Ink drawing of a standing warrior in layered armor, holding a raised staff and a fan, on pale paper.

Standing warrior in full armor

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of plum blossoms, bamboo and small birds on a brown silk ground, with calligraphic title above.

Birds, plum blossoms, bamboo and snow

Traditionally attributed to Dai Wan, 1640

Full-length hanging scroll portrait of a bearded man in a grey robe and black official hat holding a wooden tablet.

Portrait of Bao Zheng (998-1061)

Handscroll of robed scholars gathered beneath pine trees and rocky cliffs beside a wooden pavilion, painted in ink on silk.

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Six-panel gold leaf folding screen with grape vines and purple grape clusters on a dark green ground.

Grape vines 葡萄図屏風

Hanging scroll of pink wild roses with thorny branches and a small bird perched among the leaves.

Wild rose and a bird

Hanging scroll of white, red and pink chrysanthemums with green leaves on a pale background.

Chrysanthemums

Master of I-nen Seal

Painting of a robed horseman holding a hawk while his horse grazes, ink and color on a warm silk ground.

A Tatar horseman with a hawk

Ink painting of an elderly bearded man in a robe fishing with a long line beside a stream and reeds.

Chiang Tzu-ya fishing

Ink line drawing of a standing man leaning forward with a topknot, long robe and a pipe at his side.

Standing man

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of two women and a girl gathering shells by the sea beneath a pine tree, with stylized waves.

Two women and a girl on the seashore

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1810

Small bird flying over stylized gold waves on a brown ground, painted in ink and gold leaf.

Waves and bird

Elderly woman in a green robe rides an ox beside a herd boy and calf, painted on silk with red seals.

Old woman on ox, with herd-boy and calf

Goulong Shuang, 1640

Landscape painting of misty mountains, a river, and travelers resting at a thatched roadside inn beside a footbridge.

Way-station and travelers

Ink and color painting of a man fishing from a small boat beneath a drooping willow tree.

Man fishing from a boat under a tree

Hanging scroll of a seated monk in a dark robe and pink outer garment, with a gold and black brocade mount.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Kisen Hoshi

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Hanging wisteria blossoms on curving branches against a grey-green ground, with a black seal at lower left.

Wisteria blossoms

Six-panel screen with an eagle on a snowy branch, blossoming plum tree, and a pink moon over a misty sky.

An eagle on a snow-laden blossoming plum tree

Soga Nichokuan, 1610

Ink painting of two white dragons among dark clouds above stylized waves, on a six-panel gold-bordered folding screen.

Dragons and Clouds 雲龍図屏風（右隻）

Tawaraya Sotatsu

Muted watercolor of a grey riverside with chimneys, a crane and boats under a cloudy sky.

Grey and Silver-Purfleet

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Ink and color painting on brown silk of two standing male figures in robes, one wearing a blue cap and a red sash.

Two male figures, standing

Cao Ba, 1700

Hanging scroll of seated Buddha above two bodhisattvas on a lion and elephant, against a brown background.

Buddhist triad: Sakyamuni, Manjusri and Samantabhadra

Sumiyoshi Gukei, 1700

Ink and color painting of a seated robed man reading beside a standing armored attendant, with calligraphy above.

Guan Yu and Zhou Cang

Misty watercolor of a long wooden pier over pale grey water under a soft, clouded sky, with small figures on the pier.

Grey and Silver-Pier, Southend

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Ink line drawing of a woman seen from behind, playing a samisen, wearing a kimono and decorated hair ornaments.

Woman with back to observer playing samisen

Katsushika Hokusai