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Hanging scroll of a tall, pitted scholar's rock in ink and pale pink wash, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Red Friend

Lan Ying, 17th century

Hanging scroll of a tall ink-drawn rock formation with calligraphy and red seals on beige silk.

Cloud Rock

Ni Yuanlu, 16th-mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono walking by a river with a willow tree and sailboats.

Three Women on a Riverbank

Torii Kiyonaga, early 19th century

Seated figure in pink robe gazes at plum blossom branch, with teapot and cup on grass; ink painting with calligraphy.

Ink Play

Jin Nong, dated 1754

Painting of a ruler and women on a palace terrace, with peacocks, greyhounds, cypress trees and birdcages in the courtyard.

Maharana Amar Singh II with Ladies of the Zenana outside the Picture Hall at Rajnagar

Stipple Master, ca. 1707-8

Album leaf of several fish swimming among feathery aquatic plants and bubbles on a muted brown silk ground.

Fish at play

Zhao Kexiong, 12th-late 13th century

Ink and colour painting of a robed horseback archer drawing a bow while galloping on a brown horse, with red seals.

Stag Hunt

Handscroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a thatched pavilion, riders on horseback and a rushing stream in muted ochre tones

A Diplomatic Mission to the Jin

Yang Bangji, ca. late 1150s

Six-panel screen of misty ink-wash mountains with a boat on a river between cliffs and trees, on gold-speckled ground.

The Poet Li Bo's Visit to Mount Emei

Shiokawa Bunrin, 1875

Ink sketch of a robed standing scholar holding a plum branch, with a reclining figure sketched in the lower left corner.

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, small pavilions, and columns of calligraphy at upper left.

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Wang Shimin, 1666

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty cliffs, bare trees, a pavilion and bridge, and calligraphy with red seals.

The Sound of Spring in a Lonely Valley

Gouache portrait of a seated shirtless man with a large tumour on his left arm, wearing a black cap and trousers.

A man (Po Ashing) with a tumour on his left arm. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1836

Six-panel ink screen of misty mountains, a lake, a pine tree, a sailboat, and small pavilions.

Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1762-66

Ink landscape on silk: a fisherman in a boat by reeds, pine trees on a rocky shore, misty mountains beyond the water.

Xiantang Estuary

Xia Gui, ca. 1200

Handscroll landscape by Ma Hezhi with figures by a river, trees, clouds, and a column of Chinese calligraphy at right.

Odes of the State of Bin

Ma Hezhi, mid-12th century

Handscroll landscape with blue-green mountains, willow trees, lakeside pavilions, and lily pads on water.

Fisherman's Lodge At Mount Xisai

Li Jie, ca. 1170

Fan-shaped painting of a pine-covered rocky bluff beside misty water with a small hermitage among the rocks.

Hermitage by a pine-covered bluff

Yan Ciyu, second half 12th century

Hanging scroll of a gnarled plum tree with pale blossoms on branches sweeping down a brown silk ground, with calligraphy.

Fragrant Snow at Broken Bridge

Wang Mian, 14th century

Ink and color album leaf of a robed scholar and attendant beneath a pine by a waterfall, with misty mountains behind.

Scholar viewing a waterfall

Ma Yuan, early 13th century

Ink landscape on round silk fan showing pine trees, a misty mountain, and small figures with a boat by a lakeshore.

Windswept lakeshore

Xia Gui, 13th century

Round fan painting of a misty mountain, marshy bank and a small figure walking by water, with red seals below.

Poet strolling by a marshy bank

Liang Kai, early 13th century

Horsemen hunting on open steppe, one rider galloping with a falcon flying above, painted on silk fan leaf.

Nomads hunting with falcons

Chen Juzhong, early 13th century

Album leaf of orchids on ochre silk, with pink-tinged blossoms on a branching stem and long dark leaves below.

Orchids

Ma Lin, second quarter of the 13th century

Ink drawing of a multi-tiered pavilion with upturned roofs on a rocky hill with pine trees, with red seals.

The Pavilion of Prince Teng

Tang Di, dated 1352

Ink drawing of narcissus plants with long arching leaves and white flowers rising above them on pale paper.

Narcissus

Zhao Mengjian, mid-13th century

Handscroll detail: a robed scholar in a canopied boat poled by an attendant, with blue mountains and red seals.

Ode on Returning Home

Qian Xuan, 14th-15th century

Ink painting of waves breaking over rocks on a coast with pine trees, a small boat, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Koyurugi Beach of Sagami Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Ink painting of dark mynah birds with open beaks mobbing a mottled owl perched on a blossoming branch.

Mynah Birds Attacking an Owl

Sesson Shūkei, probably 19th century

Handscroll painting of carp swimming among aquatic weeds, with a red seal and black calligraphy on pale silk.

The Pleasures of Fishes

Zhou Dongqing, dated 1291