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Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty rock cliffs, pine trees, a pavilion, and a sailing boat on calm water.

Landscape

Kusumi Morikage, 17th century

Ink handscroll landscape of bare trees, an arched bridge, a small rowing boat and misty mountains, with red seals.

Farewell at the Bridge of the Hanging Rainbow

Tang Yin, datable to 1508

Ink landscape handscroll with bare and leafy trees, rocks, a small pavilion, a wooden bridge and distant hills, with red seal

Summer retreat in the eastern grove

Wen Zhengming, calligraphy datable to 1512

Fan-shaped painting of rocky cliffs, pine trees and a small pavilion beside distant hills, with red seal marks.

Gazing at a Waterfall

Ink painting of the bearded sage Fukurokuju holding a staff, with calligraphy above, on a hanging scroll.

Fukurokuju

Katsukawa Shunshō

Hanging scroll with painted yellow and purple chrysanthemums in a tied vessel beside a hoe, with calligraphic inscriptions ab

Chrysanthemum and Hoe

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black chrysanthemum kimono walking along a misty shoreline with stylized waves.

Beauty by the Shore

Kubo Shunman, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of red and white flowering shrubs beside a rock, with lotus and irises in a pond below.

Summer Garden

Chen Chun, ca. 1530

Hanging scroll of misty rocky mountains, a river valley, bare trees and a small pavilion, with calligraphy and red seals.

Planting Chrysanthemums

Lu Zhi, 16th century

Six-panel gold screen with stylized waves, two boats, rocks, green shrubs and red maple branches.

Boats upon Waves

Tawaraya Sotatsu, mid- to late 17th century

Vertical ink landscape scroll with craggy mountains, a waterfall, trees, and calligraphy with red seals in the margins.

Mei Cheng Sitting Alone

Painting of a young actor in male costume holding a sword, wearing a flowered kimono and black headdress.

Young Actor in Male Role

Kaigetsudō, 19th century

Monochrome painting of a standing woman in a blossom-patterned kimono holding a black fan, against a grey background.

Standing Beauty

Kaigetsudō, 19th century

Ink landscape of craggy mountains, pine trees and a monastery beside a river, with calligraphy and red seals at top.

Pine-shaded Monastery on a Cloudy Mountain

Gu Chao, late 1700s

Two roosters square off on a sandy ledge beside bare branches and green leaves, painted on a tan silk hanging scroll.

Gamecocks

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1838

Tempera panel of the Virgin and Christ child in a gilded halo, framed by dark foliage and gold roundels on green.

Virgin and Child

Unknown artist, c. 1440 - c. 1450

Painting of a standing woman in a black kimono holding a letter, against a plain grey background.

Beauty with Letter

Kaigetsudō, 19th century

Six-panel gold screen with autumn grasses, white and green flowering shrubs, and a dark crescent moon in the upper left.

Moon and Autumn Grasses

Tawaraya Sotatsu, mid- to late 17th century

Ink painting of an orchid and bamboo beside a rock, with calligraphy above and red seals on the paper.

Orchid and rock

Ma Shouzhen, dated 1572

Hanging scroll of blue and white hydrangeas with green leaves and a bee against a pale background.

Hydrangeas

Ogata Kōrin, 18th century

Ink landscape handscroll with craggy mountains, pine trees, a cliffside pavilion, and small figures on a path.

Streams and Mountains without End

Zhao Zuo, dated 1611-12

Hanging scroll of a deer with branching antlers turning its head beside a cluster of bamboo leaves on a pale ground.

Deer

Suzuki Kiitsu, 19th century

Ink landscape handscroll of misty cliffs, bare trees, a small pavilion, and a lone walker on a path, with calligraphy at left

Illustration of Su Shi’s “Second Rhapsody on Red Cliff”

Zhang Ruitu, dated 1628

Hanging scroll of white and red poppies with green leaves and buds against a gold background.

Poppies

Kitagawa Sōsetsu, mid-17th century

Ink and color painting of an old man and woman seated under a pine tree, with a child peeking from behind the trunk.

Old Man and Woman

Two-panel screen with blue morning glory vines climbing along the edges against a pale ground.

Morning Glories

Tawaraya Sōri, 18th century

Ink painting of orchids on a hanging scroll, with arching leaves and clustered blossoms on a pale background.

Orchids

Ike no Taiga, ca. 1749

Fan-shaped landscape with ink-outlined mountains and trees in red, green and blue foliage, with a red seal at lower left.

Autumnal Landscape with a Waterfall

Ike Gyokuran, second half of the 18th century

Hanging scroll of a pink peony and blue-green leaves with a swallow perched on a branch above.

Peony and Swallow

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

Hanging scroll of a grey rock, yellow hibiscus, blue-green leaves, pink blossoms and a grasshopper on pale silk.

Rock and Autumn Flowers

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

Hanging scroll of two birds perched among willow fronds and pink peach blossoms on a gnarled tree above rocks.

Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

Yosa Buson, ca. 1760s

Hanging scroll of a hawk on a branch with red berries and bamboo leaves, a small bird flying in the upper left.

Hawk Grasping a Small Bird

Tsubaki Chinzan, mid-19th century