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125,534 works

Two-panel folding screen with dark autumn grasses, vines and insects on silver leaf, with a gold moon on the right.

Autumn Grasses in Moonlight

Shibata Zeshin, second half of the 19th century

Ink painting of orchids growing from a rock, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper right of a hanging scroll.

Orchids and Rock

Gyokuen Bonpō, late 14th-early 15th century

Hanging scroll of the wrathful deity Fudō Myōō with sword and rope, standing before a red flaming halo on a rocky pedestal.

Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 14th century

Six-panel gold screen showing a battle with mounted warriors on a shore and armored soldiers in boats on dark water.

The Battle of Yashima, from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

Tosa School, 17th century

Fan painting on gold ground: a seated scholar by rocks, a woman playing lute, and a woman with a fan beside fruit.

Landscapes and Flowers

Chen Hongshou, first half of the 17th century

Six-panel gold screen with red and white poppies on green stems beside a black and gold checkered fence.

Red and White Poppies

Tosa Mitsumochi, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a magpie perched on a branch with white viburnum flowers and green leaves against a gray background.

Magpie on Viburnum Branch

Genga, early 16th century

Hanging scroll of mounted riders playing polo between red goal posts on a gold background.

Tartars Playing Polo

Kano Eisen'in Furunobu, early 18th century

Ink and gold painting of hollyhocks beside columns of Japanese calligraphy, mounted in a silk-bordered hanging scroll.

Poem by Onakatomi Yoshinobu with Underpainting of Hollyhocks

Shōkadō Shōjō, early 17th century

Six-panel screen with calligraphy, peonies, a woman by bamboo, and a seated man under a moon over mountains.

Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1785

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a waterfall and small pavilions in ink with autumn color, with calligraphy at

Meeting with a Friend on an Autumn Day

Noro Kaiseki, 1822

Hanging scroll of misty mountains rising through clouds, with a small pavilion among trees on the shore below.

Landscape in Moonlight

Kano Tan'yu, after 1662

Six-panel gold screen with green hills, blossoming trees, a thatched house, and small horsemen and attendants travelling thro

Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike

Tawaraya Sotatsu, first half of the 17th century

Six-panel screen with robed figures among pine branches, rocks, and misty mountains in ink and pale color.

Immortals

Hasegawa Sakon, ca. 1620s-30s

Hanging scroll with ink calligraphy poem beside a dark clematis flower and gold-tinted vines on paper.

Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis

Shōkadō Shōjō, early 17th century

Fan-shaped painting of blue and white bellflowers with buds and leaves on a pale ground, mounted within a gold-patterned brow

Chinese Bellflowers

Ogata Kōrin, 17th or 18th century

Heian-style painting of court ladies on a veranda and garden with a pond, ducks and snowy shrubs on gold ground.

The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)

Tosa Mitsusada, 17th century

Ink painting of two hawks perched on a rock among bamboo and bare plum branches, on a brown silk ground.

Two hawks in a thicket

Lin Liang, mid- 15th century

Hanging scroll of a standing Buddhist attendant figure in robes and jewelry on a stone base, with inscriptions above.

Kongara-doji

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 1387

Handscroll painting of a seated Buddhist deity holding a lotus and flame, with vertical Chinese text beside it.

Iconographic Drawings of the Secrets of the Nine Luminaries

Sōkan, 1125

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rocky mountains, a leaning pine, a river boat and scholars on the shore.

Farewell by a Stream on a Clear Day

Zhao Yuan, second half 14th century

Oil portrait of a bearded older man in red papal vestments and red skullcap against a dark olive background.

Pope Julius III (formerly entitled Pope Paul III)

Unknown artist, 1550 - 1600

Ink painting of an arched bridge over water with houses, boats, reeds and ducks in soft grey tones.

The Imado Bridge at the Foot of Mount Matsuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 19th century

Ink landscape handscroll with tall craggy mountains, a pavilion among trees, and red seals on the margins.

Landscape

Zhao Yuan, late 14th century

Ink painting of a bamboo grove beside grey rocks and grass, with a red seal in the lower right corner.

Bamboo grove

Shen Xun, late 14th century

Ink handscroll of a winter landscape with bare trees, pale rocks, a small roofed building and red seals.

Winter landscape

Jiang Song, first half 16th century

Ink landscape handscroll showing misty mountains, a river with fishing boats and fishermen, reeds, and trees.

Joys of the Fisherman

Wang Fu, ca. 1410

Gold-leaf folding screen with small birds, orange millet stalks, white chrysanthemums, bamboo and a wooden fence.

Autumn Millet and Small Birds

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall dark cliff, pines, distant mountains and small sailing boats on misty water.

Mountains and Distant Boats

Nagasawa Rosetsu

Ink painting of tall banana leaves with chrysanthemum blossoms and blue-green foliage at the base, on a pale hanging scroll.

Banana Plant and Chrysanthemum

Tsubaki Chinzan, c. 1820-54

Painting of a brown hawk gripping a smaller bird with yellow talons, with feathers falling around them and a red seal at left

Album of Hawks and Calligraphy

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-18th century

Hanging scroll of Jurojin, god of longevity, with a long staff and a white deer beside him.

Jurōjin

Kanō Tanshin, early 19th century