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125,534 works

Ink and red sketch of a fierce seated deity at an altar, with studies of a robed figure, tassel, pine and wisteria.

Juima

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink painting of bamboo stalks on rocky ground with calligraphy columns and red seals on a handscroll.

The Pure Recluse of Bamboo Creek

Half-length portrait of a woman with curly hair in a white dress and blue and gold sash, in a gilded frame.

Countess Hedvig Eva de la Gardie

Carl Frederik von Breda, 1798

Painting of a flowering hibiscus branch with pink and white blossoms, green leaves and buds on an ochre background.

A branch of flowering hibiscus

Kano Tan'yu, 1667

Tibetan thangka showing seated and standing arhats in a landscape with bamboo, mountains, a dragon, and waves.

Arhats (Elders) Angaja, Vanavasin, Vajriputra, and Kanakavatsa, from a Seven-Part Set Portraying the Sixteen Arhats

Unknown artist, 19th century

Green turtle with a red ribbon trailing from its head, swimming through curling pink and gray water ripples.

Turtle resting on a scroll

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink landscape with gnarled pine trees, a waterfall over rocks, perched birds and misty mountains.

Landscape

Kanō Shōei, 1590

Tiger

Hokusai School, 19th century

Album leaf of a peddler at a stall with a woman and two children, beside a page of calligraphy on ochre silk.

A soft-drink peddler and customers 明貨郎圖冊頁

Jiang Yin, 1700

Hanging scroll of a woman in a gold-dotted white robe walking beside a girl in a pink kimono on plain silk.

Yujo and a girl

Hishikawa Morofusa

Painting of a young woman with long auburn hair, head turned upward, bare shoulders and raised arm against a grey background.

Aino

Severin Falkman, 1850

Tibetan scroll painting of a robed figure with a tiger, Buddhist deities in clouds, and a seated Buddha in a landscape.

Upasaka Dharmatala, Lay Devotee to the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), from a Seven-Part Set

Unknown artist, 19th century

Ink painting on silk of water buffaloes and a herder beneath drooping willows, with misty mountains and flying birds.

Water-buffaloes and attendants under willow-trees

Traditionally attributed to Zhu Xi, 1640

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a patterned kimono tying a floral bundle beside a screen, with a small fish sketch on the

New Year custom: wish for a New Year's auspicious dream

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Bust-length portrait of a woman in a white lace cap and sheer shawl against a dark brown background.

Emerentia Cygnaeus

Nils Schillmark, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man in a blue jacket with gold braid, set in a gold frame.

Charles XV as Crown Prince

Johan Vilhelm Carl Way, 1830

Three women and a child beneath a flowering cherry tree at a seashore with moored boats, painted on a golden ground.

Three women under a flowering cherry tree at the seashore

Utagawa Toyokuni

Oil painting of a reclining nude woman on a pale bed against a warm patterned wall.

Reclining Nude

Santeri Salokivi

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a patterned kimono holding a folding fan, with a bamboo blind and painted screen behind h

A girl sitting on a verandah

Kawamata Tsuneyuki

Ink and colour painting of pink peony blossoms with dark wash leaves on a branch against a pale ochre background.

Peony

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of brown-sailed boats on choppy teal water under grey clouds, with a harbour town and gulls along the horizon.

Harbour scene (Concarneau)

Émile Louis Vernier, 1849

Hanging scroll ink painting of Mount Fuji rising above billowing clouds, with a signature and red seal at lower right.

Mount. Fujiyama

Toyosei Kimigi, 19th century

Ink drawing of a standing warrior in layered armor, holding a raised staff and a fan, on pale paper.

Standing warrior in full armor

Katsushika Hokusai

Expressive angular painting of a crowded interior with figures in blue and rose tones, one woman holding her face.

Study for The Fight III

Tyko Sallinen, 1920

Hanging scroll of red vine leaves and a blue-headed bird perched on a dark rock above rippling water.

Leaves and Bird

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Two six-panel folding screens with gold-leaf ground showing seasonal flowers, chrysanthemums, irises and lilies, in muted ton

Flowers of the seasons

Tawaraya Sotatsu

Ink wash landscape with misty mountains, a small boat on water, and a red artist seal at lower right.

Landscape

Hanging scroll showing stacked tortoises tied with a red cord and two crabs on a plain tan silk ground.

Tortoises and Crabs

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Hanging scroll of plum blossoms, bamboo and small birds on a brown silk ground, with calligraphic title above.

Birds, plum blossoms, bamboo and snow

Traditionally attributed to Dai Wan, 1640

Full-length hanging scroll portrait of a bearded man in a grey robe and black official hat holding a wooden tablet.

Portrait of Bao Zheng (998-1061)

Hanging scroll of Jurōjin, an old white-bearded sage with a staff, seated by rocks and a patterned pavilion.

Jurōjin

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Handscroll of robed scholars gathered beneath pine trees and rocky cliffs beside a wooden pavilion, painted in ink on silk.

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion