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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Hanging scroll of a woman washing her long hair in a basin while an attendant stands beside her on a veranda.

Woman washing her hair with an attendant

Katsukawa Shunsui

Ink landscape on silk showing curling waves, rocky hills, bare trees and three small figures walking by the shore.

Watching the waves

Traditionally attributed to Xia Gui

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a grey kimono beside a red stand with a bowl and lacquer box, by Katsushika Hokusai.

New Year custom: makeup on the New Year morning

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Painting of three children playing on a terrace with a bamboo railing, blue rocks, and a red-flowering plant.

Three children playing on a garden terrace

Painting of a man in red and cream robes with a staff beside a white domed shrine beneath dark trees at dusk.

A visit to a temple

Faqirullah Khan, 1740

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono in an interior, one standing, two seated with a bowl and lacquer box, and a child kne

Courtesans Dressing and Making Up

Hishikawa Sori, 1800

Folding screen with white wisteria blossoms hanging from a green bamboo trellis above gold clouds on a dark ground.

Blossoming wisteria on a bamboo trellis

Hanging scroll of a white heron beside a lotus plant with leaves and a pink flower over soft water.

Heron and lotus

Kanō Tsunenobu

Six-panel folding screen of a misty landscape with rocky hills, waterfalls, pine trees, a river and small boats.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons: Spring and Summer

Hishikawa Sori, 1810

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red kimono riding a water buffalo beside a man with a staff, among red maple leaves.

Two kabuki actors in the roles of a courtesan on a water buffalo and a traveling priest

Okumura Masanobu

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red and indigo patterned kimono playing a shamisen, with calligraphy on a gold ground.

Shamisen Player

Kitagawa Utamaro II, 1800

Hanging scroll of three robed figures on a rocky ledge under a red sun, with palm fronds, bamboo and a potted pine.

Mending clothes in the early morning sun

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in layered robes holding a child, with a patterned skirt and red seals on a brown silk gro

Woman holding a child

Ink sketch of a fisherman on rocks beside a large curling wave, with leafy plants and a basket.

Fisherman Tossing Bait

Katsushika Hokusai

Handscroll painting of courtly figures on a wooden veranda and a seated reader in an interior, with calligraphy margins.

The Tale of Shuten Dōji

Kano Shōun, 1700

Hanging scroll with ink landscape of an oval lake, distant mountains, and a tiny figure, in patterned silk mounting.

Landscape: Lake Biwa

Hanging scroll of two standing women in kimono, one holding a shamisen and the other reading an open songbook.

Two girls standing, one holding an open book

Kitao Shigemasa

Two robed men walk along a misty path among bare trees in a soft, muted ink landscape.

Two men walking in misty grove

Traditionally attributed to Cui Zizhong, 1640

Handscroll painting of Laozi beneath pine trees with a crane, attendants, and calligraphy inscription on silk.

Laozi delivering a copy of the Daodejing

Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin

Handscroll painting of a bearded elderly man in a red robe and black sash, with columns of calligraphy and red seals.

Portraits and documents of the Gong family

Gong Family, 1640

Ink wash landscape of a misty hill with pine trees and a pale moon rising behind a ridge.

Landscape with hill, trees, and moonrise

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in red kimono with a kitten beside a box, a plum branch on a screen behind her.

Interior: a girl and a kitten

Katsukawa Shuncho

Hanging scroll of a woman in a striped kimono raising her arms to arrange her long hair with a comb.

Yujo doing her hair

Hishikawa Moroyasu, 1800

Two quail on brown silk beneath ears of grain, reeds and chrysanthemums, with a calligraphy inscription at left.

Quail and ears of grain

Traditionally attributed to Zhao Ji

Chinese landscape painting of mountains, a wide lake, pine trees, a pavilion, and small boats on silk.

A broad view of mountains and water

Traditionally attributed to Sheng Mou

Pale watercolor of a low-tide shoreline with a distant town, spires, and a soft blue and cream sky.

Note in Blue and Opal-Jersey

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Handscroll painting of gnarled pine trees and red autumn foliage on rocky cliffs, rendered in ink and color on silk.

Conversing beside the Hao River

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan in a striped red and white kimono against a gold background.

Yujo on parade

Toyonobu Utagawa

Ink painting on silk of small birds perched on bare branches beside pine needles and a rock.

Birds and pines

Hanging scroll showing geisha and clients seated at a party in a tatami room, with a garden view and gold screen.

Interior scene of a party with <em>geisha</em> and clients

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1810