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125,534 works

Six-panel gold screen of an emperor and concubine with attendants on a terrace beneath blossoming trees and pines.

The Chinese Emperor Minghuang and his concubine Yang Guifei, with attendants on a terrace

Kanō Eitoku, 1590

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a blue kimono with a red robe, beside bamboo, with a white cat and calligraphy.

Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net

Utagawa Kunisada

Watercolor of moored sailing ships on pale tidal flats under a grey sky, with a lone figure walking in the foreground.

The Anchorage

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a patterned kimono with a fan and a small bird on a gold background.

The Courtesan Takao

Utagawa Hiroshige

Painting of a black and white bull standing in a dim barn with a window showing hills and trees behind it.

A Prize Bull

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1870

Watercolor sketch of figures in colorful clothing on a sunlit sloping shore beside a blue sea, with a dog and pale sky.

Shore Landscape

Magnus Enckell, 1910

Hanging scroll of purple morning glory vines climbing a bamboo stalk against a pale ochre background, with gold brocade borde

Morning glory and bamboo (part of a set, F1904.379-381)

Kanō Tsunenobu

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bald seated man gesturing toward a flaming bowl with a coin and mallet nearby.

Burning a Buddhist Image

Katsushika Hokusai

Watercolor study of a standing man in rococo dress with powdered wig, violet coat and green breeches, dated 1916.

Man in Rococo Attire (F.E. Sillanpää), study for the mural Meeting of the Aurora Society

Eero Järnefelt, 1916

Painting of a seated robed man cleaning his ear beside a table of books, with a landscape screen and a standing attendant.

Man cleaning his ear

Hanging scroll of white morning glories and blue flowers beneath a pale full moon, with autumn grasses below.

Moon and Autumn Plants

Sakai Hōitsu, 1800

Painting of a man in a flat cap turning a hand mill, with loose brushwork and a dark background.

Milling by Hand

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1886

Hanging scroll of a hawk diving with a fish in its beak above dark rocks and waves, in ink and colour on silk.

Hawk and fish

Katsushika Hokusai

Oval miniature portrait of a young man in a dark blue coat and white cravat against a brown background, in a gilt frame.

A Member from the Silfverstolpe Family

Johan Erik Bolinder, 1803

Miniature painting of a blue-skinned figure before a seated woman in a courtyard with attendants, a fountain, and a white pav

Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)

Ink painting of a grey pigeon with pink beak and feet pecking at scattered grains on a beige background.

Pigeon

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of misty riverside with willows, a distant mountain, and two figures beside a boat and firewood bundles.

Woodcutter receiving a drink at a fishing boat

Hanging scroll showing a white heron perched on a gnarled branch beneath drooping willow branches on a beige background.

Heron and willow

Hanabusa Itchō

Woman in red kimono writing on a veranda overlooking a river with boats, pine and cherry trees, and distant mountains.

Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera

Gakutei Harunobu, 1810

Painted manuscript leaf with a seated multi-armed deity, attendants, golden stupa and black Sanskrit script in side columns.

Leaves from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras

Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Open album showing calligraphy above and an ink landscape of bare trees and distant hills on silk below.

Twenty-four landscapes

Oil painting of white birch trunks in a sunlit grove, with a golden rye field and wooded hills beyond a fence.

Landscape with Birch Grove and Rye Field

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1876

Loose watercolor of a market scene with women among flower stalls, red and orange blooms, and pale awnings overhead.

Flower Market: Dieppe

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hanging scroll with ink landscape of a thatched hut on a rocky cliff beside bare branches, with vertical calligraphy above.

Poem-painting “When the nightingale returns...”

Ōtagaki Rengetsu, late 19th century

Seated arhat with gold halo, prayer beads and robes, attendant behind him, rocky willow landscape in the background.

Arhat (<em>Nakula</em>), one of a set of sixteen

Ink landscape of a misty lake with pine trees, a small boat with a fisherman, and thatched huts on the shore.

Landscapes after Ancient Masters

Hanging scroll of two women by a stream under a moon, one kneeling among autumn flowering shrubs, the other standing.

Autumn: Two women gazing at the reflection of the moon

Kubo Shunman, 1800

Fan-shaped painting of pink peonies, lotus, chrysanthemums and wisteria with butterflies and a dragonfly on a gold ground.

Summer Flowers

Katsushika Isai

Ink wash sketch of a stooped animal figure in a dark robe leaning on a staff, with a second figure at the right edge.

An old mouse (?) dressed in a black robe

Katsushika Hokusai

Charity

Charity

Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1590

Dusky landscape with two leaning pine trees, rocks in the foreground, and a dark tree line under a blue-grey twilight sky.

Nocturnal Landscape

Fanny Churberg, 1877