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125,534 works

Painting of two phoenixes with long plumage among broad leaves of a tree on a brown silk ground.

Pair of phoenixes on a firmiana tree

Bian Luan, 1500

Hanging scroll of a stag and doe below red camellias with snow-dusted branches, muted brown background.

A stag, a doe, and red camellias in snow

Zhou Yuan, 1300

Ink painting of a herdboy with umbrella riding a water buffalo through rain on a grassy slope.

Herdboy on a water-buffalo in a rainstorm

Nagasawa Rosetsu

Ink and colour painting of a standing boatman poling a boat past a seated woman under a canopy, with misty hills behind.

Chinese man and woman in a boat

Hanging scroll of an autumn hillside with red maples, pines, travelers, a lake, and a distant snow-capped mountain.

Autumn landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Handscroll painting of mounted riders in robes leading a herd of horses across a golden silk ground.

Celestial Horses

Hanging scroll of a snowy lake with an arched bridge, moored boats, bare trees and falling snow in muted grey tones.

Winter landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Hanging scroll of blue and white bell flowers on slender green stalks with leaves, with calligraphy at upper right.

Blue and white flowers on slender stalks

Inscription and seals of Ogata Kenzan, 1700

Ink sketch of several robed figures in dynamic poses, including a reclining swordsman and a kneeling man with a staff.

Miscellaneous figures

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting on silk of a seated monk gesturing to a young attendant beside tall rocks and banana plants.

Mending clothes in the early morning sun

Hanging scroll of a bearded bodhisattva in robes seated on a white lion, holding a staff, with a halo behind.

Manjusri and his lion

Yang Ting, 1640

Ink drawing of two Japanese laborers in robes and sandals carrying large bundles, walking toward each other.

Laborers

Katsushika Hokusai

Seated Dhyani Buddha in a red and floral robe on a lotus throne beneath a gilded canopy, painted on silk.

Dhyani Buddha

Zhou Shan, 1700

Seated woman and young child with an open book on a black lacquer box, painted on a gold ground.

Utai no Shisho

Ink line drawing of a reclining courtier in layered robes with a sword across his body, on tan paper.

A Courtier

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of layered ink mountains with pine forests, small village buildings and a winding path in the foreground.

Landscape: mountains and valleys

Ink painting on silk of a dragon's head emerging from clouds, with calligraphy in the lower right corner.

A dragon's head in clouds

Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong, 1640

Ink sketch of sprawled and seated robed men, one holding a sake bottle, drawn in bold black outlines on pale paper.

A sake bout

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll showing two eagles on a rocky outcrop against a brown silk background.

Two Eagles

Wang Xiao, 1640

Woman in patterned kimono smoking a pipe on a bench beside a willow tree and river, painted on silk.

Landscape: a <em>yujo</em> sitting on a bench

Miyagawa Chôshun

Hanging scroll of eighteen robed luohans crossing rippling water toward a rocky shore, with red seals in the margins.

Eighteen luohans crossing a river

Hanging scroll of a temple bell beneath a pine tree with a winding path and misty hills in soft ink tones.

Temple bell

Hanabusa Itchō

Detail of a painting with dark bamboo leaves and stalks, grey plum blossoms on gold-flecked paper, and a seal.

Plum and bamboo

Green bamboo stalks and leaves on a brown ground, with a pale tan stalk and a square seal mark at lower right.

Bamboo stalks and leaves

Hanging scroll painting of a rooster, hen and chick beside green leafy plants on a pale ground.

Cock, hen and chick

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, twisted pines, a pavilion, and two horseback riders crossing a bridge.

Returning home in the snow

Plum blossoms on bare ochre branches against a rose-brown background, with pale rounded flowers and a black seal.

Plum blossoms

Hanging scroll of geese beneath a willow tree, with a goose in flight, a perched kingfisher, and chrysanthemums on rocks.

Willow, Geese, and Kingfisher

Fan-shaped ink painting of two figures, one in a tall black hat with a fan, the other in green playing an instrument beside p

Daikoku and Ebisu as New Year's performers

Ink and color painting on a fan of an old white-haired woman seated on overturned grave posts among reeds.

An old woman sitting on two overturned grave-posts

Tawaraya Sori III

Hanging scroll of a dragon among clouds and a twisted pine branch, in brown ink tones within green brocade mounting.

A dragon and clouds

Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong, 1640

Ink painting on silk of a white elephant and two robed figures beside chrysanthemums, with a floating figure above.

Washing the white elephant

Zhao Lingjun, 1500