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Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan in a striped red and white kimono against a gold background.

Yujo on parade

Toyonobu Utagawa

Ink painting on silk of small birds perched on bare branches beside pine needles and a rock.

Birds and pines

Painting of wooded hills, a pink path, red-roofed houses and blue water under a pale sky.

Landscape

Louis Valtat, 1900

Two court ladies in patterned robes stand beside an attendant holding a vase of peonies on an ochre silk ground.

Court ladies and attendant

Ink line drawing of two standing women in layered kimono with elaborate hair ornaments, on aged paper.

Two women

Katsushika Hokusai

Misty watercolor of London Bridge over the Thames, with barges and a smoke plume under a hazy sky.

London Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Misty ink landscape of mountain cliffs, a waterfall, a stream, and small pavilions among pine trees.

Landscape: mountain gorge, mist, a brook, and buildings

Zhang Hong, 1600

Ink landscape handscroll on silk showing craggy mountains, cliffs, and trees, with a calligraphic title label beside it.

Landscape with figures, horses, and tigers

Oil portrait of a young woman with a flower wreath and pearl necklace, leaning on a stone parapet under a blue sky.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm

Round silk painting of a gnarled pine over a seated robed figure by water and distant hills.

Sitting under a pine

Traditionally attributed to Ma Yuan, 1400

Painted fan with a round-faced woman in a red kimono beside dandelions and white flowers on a gold background.

Uzume (Okame) and flowers

Signature of Ogata Kenzan, 1700

Elderly bearded hermit in brown robe reading a book beside an hourglass, cross and basket, under a stone arch.

A Hermit

Unknown artist, 1664

Painting of a bearded man in a dark jacket reading at a cluttered desk with bottles, papers and brushes.

Portrait of the Poet Otto Manninen

Magnus Enckell, 1903

Painting of several carp swimming in dark water beside blue flowers and round lily pads.

Carp 鯉図

Kuroda Tōkō, 1800

Ink painting on silk of a seated man fishing beside a torrent, with pine trees and steep rocky cliffs behind.

Fishing by a mountain torrent

Zhu Huaijin, 1640

Hanging scroll of birds perched among red autumn leaves, thorny branches and green plants on a tan silk ground.

Autumn foliage and birds

Miniature painting of a turbaned man embracing a woman reclining on a white cushioned platform before a green hillside landsc

Sultan Murad and a Consort

Attributed here to Manohar, 1590

Watercolor of a Dutch river scene with a windmill, red rooftops, and a sailboat under a cloudy sky.

A Little Red Note-Dordrecht

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Oil landscape of a lake seen from a wooded hillside with a dirt path, a small island, and distant blue hills.

Vaara- ja järvinäköala

Johan Knutson, 1870

Oil portrait of an older woman in a black lace veil and bonnet, turned to the right against a warm ochre background.

Portrait of Baroness Delort de Gléon the Older

Gunnar Berndtson, 1885

Painting of grey rain clouds over a calm lake, with a dark forest line and small red-roofed farm buildings on the shore.

Rain Clouds over a Lake Landscape

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1883

Hanging scroll of women in kimono visiting in an interior with a potted pine and a child attendant.

Two yujo making a New Year call upon two others

Kawamata Tsunemasa

Ink and color handscroll showing small figures in a riverside landscape, a house interior, and a haloed Jizo figure.

Miracles performed by the bodhisattva Jizo (copy of a section of a handscroll)

Kano Tan'yu, 1627

Ink landscape scroll showing herders driving water buffalo across a river past bridges, boats, and misty hills.

Bringing home the horses, taking the oxen to pasture

Ink drawing of a haloed luohan seated on a rock beside an attendant boy, with banana leaves and a pine branch.

Sixteen luohans

Oil still life with a flowerpot of purple irises, two dark bottles on a sill, a glass of beer and a pipe on a table.

Asetelma (Kaksi pulloa ikkunalaudalla)

Matti Warén, 1916

Ink drawing of seated robed figures in three panels, some holding fans, rendered in loose gray brushwork.

The Six Master Poets

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a black woodpecker hanging upside down, with a red crest and white bill, against a pale wall.

Palokärki

Severin Falkman, 1850

Painting of a river gorge with falls, rocky cliffs, trees under a rose-colored evening sky, and a wooden footbridge.

Norwich Falls (or The Falls of the Yantic at Norwich)

John Trumbull, 1806

Ink handscroll of horsemen and a carriage procession with calligraphic inscriptions on a pale silk ground.

The captivity of Cai Wenji

Child in fur coat and blue cap stands in snow beside a snow-covered hut with smoke rising from it.

Sámi hut

Juho Kyyhkynen, 1909

Hanging scroll of a pavilion among pines on a rocky hill, with tall misty peaks and a small figure on a path below.

Viewing distant peaks from a mountain pavilion