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123,336 works

Three hanging scrolls showing Noh performers in patterned robes, one wearing an Okina mask, each holding a fan.

The Auspicious Noh Dance "Okina"

Toriyama Sekien, ca. 1790-95

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a black kimono with a white patterned robe and ornamental hair combs.

Woman in a Black Kimono

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1783-89

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and two attendants under a willow tree, with calligraphy above and patterned silk mounting.

Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree

Unchō, 1796

Three hanging scrolls: moonlit pines, a woman in a robe beside cherry blossoms, and a snowy river with boats.

Snow, Moon, and Cherry Blossoms (Yoshiwara in Three Seasons)

Chobunsai Eishi, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a snowy landscape with tall mountains, pine trees, and small buildings beside water in ink tones.

Snowy Landscape

Ink painting on a fan with a tree, fence, and seated figure beside calligraphy, mounted on an ochre hanging scroll.

Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Yosa Buson, ca. 1780

Ink painting of a windswept pine tree over rocks, with brushed calligraphy and red seals at the upper left.

Pine Tree and Calligraphy

Ike no Taiga, late 18th-early 19th century

Six-panel screen of a misty mountain landscape with pines, a wooden bridge, a pavilion, and small robed figures.

Orchid Pavilion Gathering; Autumn Harvest Festival

Ike no Taiga, ca. 1763

Hanging scroll of a peony and bamboo beside a rock, painted in ink with pale color washes on paper.

Peony and Bamboo

Ike Gyokuran, ca. 1768

Ink landscape on a fan leaf with misty mountains, pine trees and rocks, mounted on gold silk.

Lingering Rain over Half the Village

Urakami Gyokudō, ca. 1815-20

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall rock peak, a small arched bridge over a river, a pavilion and willow trees.

On a Rustic Bridge, Carrying a Zither

Urakami Gyokudō, 1814

Ink fan painting of a mountain gorge with pine trees, rocks, and small figures against a blue brocade background.

Preparing Tea by a Mountain Gorge

Aoki Mokubei, 1825

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pines and a river with a fisherman in a small boat, with calligraphy at upper left.

Rainstorm over a River Village

Tanomura Chikuden, late 18th-early 19th century

Four hanging scroll landscapes in ink with mountains, waterfall, trees, and a boat, mounted in blue brocade.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1848

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall cliff, waterfall, bare trees, small buildings and distant misty peaks.

Landscape with Waterfall

Kameda Bōsai, ca. 1817

Ink landscape hanging scroll of a waterfall cascading past misty cliffs and bare trees beside a rushing stream.

Landscape with Waterfall

Tani Bunchō, 1828

Ink and color landscape of a lakeside pavilion with two figures, weeping willows, rocky peaks and a pink sky.

Landscape with Pavilion and Willows

Hanging scroll of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune feasting together, with a white deer and tortoise in the foreground.

Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Nagasawa Roshū, 1837

Ink and color drawing of court women in a palace interior with a writing box, veranda, and garden grasses beyond.

Albums of scenes from The Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsunori, early 17th century

Qing dynasty painting of Buddhist arhats with an elephant, tiger and lion, figures in robes on an ochre silk ground.

Bathing of the Buddha Festival

Hua Ziyou, Qing dynasty, 1833

Folding fan with painted hilly landscape of trees and figures at work, wooden ribs and ivory guards with tassels.

Winter Farming Scene; (verso) Autumn Farming Scene

Katsushika Isai

Half-length portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and black cravat against a dark background.

William W. Welch

Sheldon Peck, c. 1837

Full-length nude woman with raised arms standing on a rock before clouds and mountains, painted in muted tones.

Day (Truth)

Ferdinand Hodler, 1896/98

Dark painting of two robed figures standing in a boat amid nude figures struggling in stormy water, with a fiery city behind.

Dante's Bark

After Eugène Delacroix, c. 1840-60

Painted hide with rows of colorful mounted warriors, horses, lances and feathered headdresses on a tan background.

Painted Tipi Curtain: Victory Record of the Elkhorn Scraper Warrior Society

Unknown artist, c. 1870

Painting of hunters, birds, dogs and a woman with poultry in a landscape, with a chariot figure in the sky.

Air

Painting of a rust-lit rocky cliff reflected in dark still water, with silhouetted pine trees under a dusky blue sky.

After Sunset. Motif from the Archipelago

Gottfrid Kallstenius, 1907

Painting of a courtyard sculptor's studio with marble statues, standing men, a sketching child, and a woman with a plate.

A Sculptor's Studio

Jan Josef Horemans the Elder

Stormy seascape with a wrecked mast in crashing waves, a sailing ship, a stone tower on the cliff, and figures on the shore.

A Shipwreck

Johan Sevenbom, 1750

Painting of a muddy road lined with bare pollarded trees leading to a village of white houses under a cloudy blue sky.

A Street in Fréjus

Axel Lindman, 1878