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Oil portrait of a young woman in a white satin gown with pearl necklace holding a red flower, against a dark background.

Portrait of a woman

Wallerant Vaillant, 1660

John Chambers, copy after Hans Holbein the Younger

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1894

Woman scouring a brass pan on a barrel in a 17th-century kitchen, with a second figure at the hearth behind her.

De ketelschuurster

Willem van Odekercken, 1631

Ink and colour sketch of a seated woman in a patterned kimono and veil, with red hair ornaments, on a cushion.

Seated courtesan

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a courtesan, a young attendant and a male servant beneath an orange parasol, with calligraphy above.

Yujo, understudy (<em>kamuro</em>) and man-servant

Okumura Masanobu

Oil portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and red fur-trimmed robe, gesturing beside a classical column.

Nicodemus Tessin d.y., 1654-1728

Georg Desmarées, 1723

Handscroll painting of small mounted horsemen and banners crossing pale grey rolling hills in soft ink wash.

Treaty at the Bian Bridge 《汴橋會盟圖》

Painting of townspeople in kimono with bundles near blossoming trees, pines, a curved bridge and a river landscape.

Cherry blossom viewing

Katsushika Hokusai

Calm blue lake at dusk with a dark pine island, pink clouds, and a rocky shore with tree trunks in the foreground.

Sunset

Väinö Blomstedt, 1898

Hanging scroll of a bald robed figure in orange and green garments holding a fan, against a pale background.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Sojo Henjo

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Watercolor of a woman in a straw hat seated at a laid garden table under a tree, with green foliage behind.

Breakfast in the Garden

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Painting of a family group in kimono visiting a shrine, with a shrine attendant on a wooden veranda beside sake and paper str

Infant's first visit to a Shinto shrine

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Painting on silk of a monkey on a rock, a plum branch, a cabbage plant, a cicada and dragonflies on a brown ground.

Monkeys, insects, and cabbage

Emperor Huizong )

Loose oil painting of a snowy winter forest with pines and a winding reddish stream through the snow.

Vinter Landscape

Ilya Repin, 1903

Ink landscape scroll with bare trees, grey rocks, and misty water beneath distant hills.

Enjoying the autumn trees

Traditionally attributed to Ni Zan

Painting of a Japanese interior where a standing performer lifts a puppet before seated musicians on a red carpet.

A Private Puppet Performance

Okumura Masanobu

Ink and color painting of a robed traveler on horseback with two attendants near a bridge beneath misty cliffs and pines.

A traveler on horseback with attendants

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a green robe beside a red table with vessels, on a brown background.

Portrait of a woman in green

Ink wash painting of a dark horse leaping with lifted forelegs, mane and tail streaming, on pale paper.

A Running horse

Katsushika Hokusai

Misty fan-shaped landscape painting on silk with distant mountains, a river, trees with red foliage, and small thatched house

Distant mountains beyond a river

Hanging scroll of a young woman gathering shells by the sea while a young man in a pale robe stands near pine trees and a str

Young man and a young woman on the seashore

Kawamata Tsuneyuki

Hanging scroll of a white snake coiled around a patterned oval bundle tied with a red tassel, framed in gold brocade.

The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink sketch of three men in dynamic poses, one seated and laughing, two tumbling, on pale paper.

Three men gesticulating

Katsushika Hokusai

Narrow painting of a blue patterned ceramic vase with yellow flowers against a dark teal background.

The Blue Girl (fragment): Yellow and Blue

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Painting of a festival street scene with a decorated float, dancers, armored warriors with swords, and a horseback rider.

Street scene during a festival

Yamamoto Fujinobu

Two-panel screen with scattered irregular textile fragments in red, blue, and white patterns on a gold-flecked background.

Low screen with design of textile fragments

Ogawa Ritsuo, 1700

Painting of nude figures in a red boat on a dark river, with a crowd of clothed onlookers and a young girl on the shore.

By the River of Tuonela, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1903

Ink drawing of a swimming turtle with a hexagonal shell among flowing sea weed lines on pale paper.

Swimming turtle amongst sea-weeds

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of two women on a veranda beside a thatched house, with a flowering tree and a moon with geese above.

Two peasant girls beating cloth outside a house

Katsukawa Shunshō

Chinese painting on silk of a mountain brook with pine, bamboo and birds in flight, with red seal stamps on the silk.

Landscape: a mountain brook, a pine, bamboo and blue-jays

Two-panel screen showing a stream past dark rocks, autumn grasses, and a leafy shrub with small pale flowers, framed in gold.

Running water, autumn grasses and flowers

Seated ruler under a red canopy receives books from a kneeling scholar, surrounded by courtiers, within a floral border.

Jahangir Giving Books to Shaykhs, from the St. Petersburg Album