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Hanging scroll on gold ground: a robed female figure with a lotus and young attendant, and a dragon-faced figure bowing at ri

The dragon king revering the Buddha

Chen Hongshou, 1640

Circular painting of a shepherd boy in blue with sheep and a goat beneath a drooping willow tree.

Sheep and shepherd-boy under a willow

Pale pink chrysanthemum blossoms and green buds on a branching stem against a dark green background.

Chrysanthemums

Ink and wash sketch of a large curling wave with white spray on a pale ground, from an album of miscellaneous sketches.

Album: Miscellaneous Sketches

Utagawa Hiroshige

Hanging scroll painting of pink and white hibiscus blossoms and green leaves among thin grasses on a golden ground.

Hibiscus (part of a set, F1904.379-381)

Kanō Tsunenobu

Hanging scroll of a herb gatherer with a basket beside a gnarled pine, rocks, and a waterfall in misty mountains.

An herb gatherer

Traditionally attributed to Li Cheng

Circular painting of women in patterned kimono on a veranda under cherry blossoms, with a seated woman behind a blind.

Parody of a scene from The Tale of Genji

Kawamata Tsuneyuki, 1700

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a checked robe with a young attendant in a yellow bamboo-patterned kimono.

Yujo and her understudy (<em>kamuro</em>)

Miyagawa Chôshun

Two brown butterflies flutter over teal ground with sweeping tan grass strokes and a square seal in the lower right.

Butterflies and grasses

Ink drawing of the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara seated on a lotus, with a robed attendant standing at the right.

Thousand-armed thousand-eyed bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) 明佚名《千手千眼觀世音菩薩像》軸

Hanging scroll of a seated bearded luohan on a rock with a winged demon holding a tablet, on a brown ground.

Luohan and demon

Ink studies of several birds on tan paper, including perched songbirds on branches and a large pheasant.

Birds

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink line drawing of a woman in a kimono raising her arms to dust with a long-handled duster on pale paper.

A Maid preparing to dust

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Ink landscape scroll with tall cliffs, pine trees, pavilions in a gorge, a waterfall and a small bridge with figures.

Landscape: a mountain gorge, a stream, buildings and people

Hanging scroll of a loquat branch with pale fruit and green leaves on brown silk, with calligraphy and red seals above.

A branch of loquats

Hanging scroll of a gnarled tree with ripe peaches and white chrysanthemums blooming at its base, on golden silk.

Peaches and chrysanthemums 《桃菊圖》

Hanging scroll of a mountain landscape with a waterfall, a pine tree, three seated poets and a standing attendant.

Mountain landscape: three poets and an attendant under a pine tree

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountain peaks, trees by a stream, and calligraphy in the upper left.

Landscape: mountain peaks and stream

Hanging scroll painting of a branch of pale yellow medlar fruit and green leaves on a beige ground.

A branch of medlars

Hanging scroll of ducks by a torrent beneath plum branches and overhanging rocks, painted in muted ochre tones.

Ducks, torrent, and overhanging rocks

Hanging scroll with a pine tree, rocky cliffs and a distant mountain in muted browns, framed by a green brocade border.

Damaged fragment of screen

Kano Masanobu, 1400

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, pavilions and a small boat on a river in muted earth tones.

Fishing boats among mountains and streams

Guan Tong, 1500

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a pagoda, pavilions, pines and a boat on a lake, painted in soft ink tones.

Chinese landscape: summer

Seated woman in layered floral kimono with elaborate hairpins beside a black lacquer box, painted on silk.

Oiran

Hanging scroll of an autumn mountain gorge with red and gold trees, blue-green cliffs, clouds and a small stone bridge.

Autumnal foliage in a mountain gorge

Yang Sheng, 1640

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a striped robe and patterned kimono against a gold background.

Yujo standing

Kaigetsudō Ando

Painting of a red sea bream with pink fins in front of green bamboo leaves on a pale yellow silk ground.

Red Sea Bream (<em>Tai</em>) on Bamboo Leaves

Ogawa Ritsuo, 1700

Ink painting of a crowd of luohan monks among clouds and waves, with a dragon and robed rider above them.

A group of luohan

Ding Yunpeng, 1610

Fan-shaped painting with four red torii gates, a dark ink rock and green tree branches on pale paper.

A tree and four red torii

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink landscape scroll of bare winter trees, a rocky bank, a small boat with a fisherman, and a waterfall in mist.

Fisherman boating under winter trees

Painting of a caparisoned elephant with flowered headdress beside a red-robed attendant holding a long spear on dark silk.

Caparisoned elephant and attendant

Traditionally attributed to Guanxiu

Hanging scroll of a tiered pagoda rising above misty hills, with dark ink trees and red maple leaves in the foreground.

A Pagoda

Hanabusa Itchō