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Ink painting of hundreds of robed Buddhist figures gathered among craggy mountains, pavilions, pine trees and clouds.

Five hundred luohans

Hanging scroll of a snowy landscape with peaks, a pavilion, a bare tree, a bridge and a small walking figure.

Winter Landscape

Kanō Sansetsu, second quarter of the 17th century

Ink painting of the immortal Liu Hai with a toad beside a gnarled pine tree and rocks, on a dark silk ground.

The Immortal Liu Hai

Liu Lüzhong, 1700

Ink painting of a crow perched on a rock with reeds at right, mounted as a hanging scroll with gold brocade borders.

Crow on a Rock

Sesson Shūkei, probably 19th century

Ink sketch of a man sleeping face-down on tan paper, one arm stretched forward and his robe loosely draped.

Sleeping Man

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a mottled brown hawk with orange eyes perched on a leafless branch against a brown silk background.

Hawk on a leafless branch

Li You, 1200

Painting of a dark alpine lake beneath craggy mountain peaks with a snow patch, forest slopes, and small cabins on the shore.

Alpine Lake

Fanny Churberg, 1872

Ink painting hanging scroll of a crested bird perched on a bare tree trunk, with sparse grasses below, in gold brocade mounti

Bird on Tree (Haha-chō)

Ink painting of geese flying past a pale full moon, with reeds in the lower right corner.

Geese, moon and water-plants

Kanō Tsunenobu, 1700

Hanging scroll of a bearded seated figure in red robes atop three crouching demon-like creatures on a brown ground.

Sakyamuni seated upon three demon-like creatures

Painting of nude bathing nymphs by a river with a ruined arch, a huntress with a dog, and a wide hazy landscape.

Bathing nymphs

Daniel Vertangen, 1618

Ink painting of a sparrow perched on a plum branch beside a rock, mounted as a hanging scroll with gold brocade border.

Sparrow on Plum Branch (Ume ni Suzume)

Shōkadō Shōjō

Ink painting of a laughing hermit in a shaggy cloak with a three-legged toad on his head and a bamboo staff.

Gama Sennin (Chinese Hou Xiansheng) and his three-legged toad

Ink painting of a dragon with clawed feet curling through dark swirling clouds, with calligraphy and a red seal at lower left

Dragon and clouds

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting of a robed rider on a horse in clouds above a rocky outcrop and tree, with diagonal rain streaks.

Rain God Riding in Clouds on a Horse

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a pine tree and two figures in a small boat on a misty river.

Boating on a snowy river

Six-panel gold screen with a gnarled plum tree in white blossom, pink camellias, a bamboo fence and a flying bird.

Blossoming Plum and Camellia in a Garden Landscape

Ink painting of the smiling deity Hotei with a sack and staff beneath a full moon, mounted as a hanging scroll.

Hotei

Kano Tan'yu, probably 17th or 18th century

Watercolour of a busy harbour quay with a steamship, small boats, low warehouses and figures under a pale sky.

Helsinki South Harbour

Hugo Backmansson, 1937

Ink painting of a dark blackbird perched on a pale rock beside bamboo leaves and grasses.

Blackbird on Wave-Swept Rock

Painting of a village street with white houses, green shutters, a tree, and small figures walking toward the distance.

Street Scene (Rue de village)

Maurice Utrillo, 1910

Painting of bonsai and potted plants displayed on a dark rocky stand, with decorative ceramic pots and a red seal at lower ri

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Bonsai

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Watercolor of a curving beach with small figures, blue sea on the right, and a pink building with a tower on the left.

St. Ives: Cornwall

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hanging scroll with a fan-shaped painting of a flying cuckoo beside columns of black ink calligraphy.

Flying Cuckoo

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Album leaf of a dark oil lamp with smoke beside a branch of plum blossoms, signed with a red seal.

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Plum Branch with Oil Lamp

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Circular painting of a robed man and child walking beneath a large pine on a rocky path, with distant hills.

Landscape with Figures

Goose

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a birch grove with white trunks, a winding path, mossy rocks and dappled sunlight through green leaves.

Birch Grove Interior

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1865

Oil portrait of a uniformed man with a sword and a greyhound, leaning on a grassy bank under a cloudy sky.

Portret van Willem II, koning der Nederlanden

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1839

Painting of golden rice stacks on poles with dragonflies in flight, a bare branch with red leaves, and hanging wooden drying

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Stack of Rice and Dragonflies

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Ink and color painting of a red-robed horseman leading a dappled horse past a twisted tree on a rocky hillside.

Landscape: a dappled horse and a horseman

Painting of a wooden waterside village with turf roofs, a rowboat, wading children, and a dramatic stormy sky.

View from Katajanokka

Magnus von Wright, 1868