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125,534 works

Ink painting on silk of two robed figures, one bearded, the other holding a small qilin in his cloak.

Confucius and Buddha cradling a qilin

Ink landscape of a cliff with pines above rapids, with misty mountains receding into the distance on the right.

Rapids in a mountain valley

Oil self-portrait of a bearded man in a white cap and light robe, looking over his shoulder against an orange background.

Self-Portrait

Hugo Simberg, 1907

Ink painting of a bearded man on a raft holding a pole, riding rough curling waves under a pale sky.

The Chinese Explorer Zhang Qian on a Raft

Maejima Sōyū, mid-16th century

Hanging scroll of a young woman in a pine-patterned kimono reading a letter, with gold hair ornament and red seals.

Young woman reading a letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Painting of a seated nobleman, two attendants, a zigzag bridge and irises by a river, on gold leaf background.

Scenes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tosa School, late 18th century

Horizontal scroll of many labeled warrior figures in armor and robes, with combat scenes and a red demon-like figure.

Suikoden

Katsushika Hokusai

Six-panel gold screen with a misty mountain landscape, craggy peaks, pine trees, a waterfall, and a river in the valley.

Landscape with Pavilion

Mori Shūhō, early 19th century

Ink sketch of five robed musicians in varied poses, several playing drums, drawn in bold angular black lines on paper.

Five musicians playing drums

Katsushika Hokusai

Watercolor and drawing of a hooded figure in a dark cloak walking across a vast snowy field under a grey sky.

Death's Walk

Magnus Enckell, 1896

Fan-shaped painting of rolling hills with trees, a farmer with a carrying pole, and a bird in flight, in soft muted colors.

Spring Farming Scene

Katsushika Isai

Painting of a village with tall pine trees, wooden houses, a fence, and a glimpse of blue sea under a pale sky.

Village Landscape

Alfred William Finch, 1897

Handscroll detail of a crowded Japanese shoreline with figures in kimono, food stalls, dining platforms and a wooden walkway.

Scenes of the Four Seasons in Kyoto

Gen Ki, 1778

Hanging scroll of a gnarled pine, craggy mountains, and three scholars in a pavilion beside a wooden bridge.

Three scholars in a pavilion composing poetry

Hanging scroll of seated white-robed Guanyin in a rock cave with red flowers and green foliage behind, on brown silk.

White-robed Guanyin

Wu Bin, 1600

Watercolor of spruce trees on a ridge overlooking a misty lake and distant shoreline under a pink dusk sky.

View from Kaukola Ridge

Albert Edelfelt, 1888

Hanging scroll of small birds perched among plum blossoms and bamboo leaves on a muted silk ground.

Birds Amidst Blossoming Plum and Bamboo

Ink painting of geese on a misty river beside bare trees and a rocky bank at dawn.

Geese at dawn on a misty river

Hanging scroll of an seaside pavilion with kimono-clad figures seated on terraces, pine trees, and a shoreline with distant m

An amusement resort at the seashore

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a rider on a white horse with a spear, accompanied by a bow-carrying attendant in yellow, on a green field.

Jhujhar Singh on Horseback

Dalchand, ca. 1720-30

Hanging scroll of a misty river landscape with a moored boat, bare trees, and a distant mountain under a pale sky.

River landscape

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a river landscape with mountains, pine trees, pavilions with curved roofs, boats and a bridge in muted brown tone

River landscape: mountains, pine-trees, and buildings

Ink drawing of a barefoot man wringing out a dark robe beside a wicker basket, water falling to the ground.

Man wringing out his robe

Katsushika Hokusai

Handscroll painting of riders on horseback, a flute player, and rows of attendants carrying gold and red banners.

Horsemanship Competition for the Shunzhi Emperor

Nardunbu, dated 1662

Chinese painting of a frog, insects, bamboo shoots and flowers beside a rocky tree trunk, with calligraphy above and below.

Bamboo, frog, and insects

Traditionally attributed to Cui Bai, 1640

Painting of veiled women in dark robes with jars gathering near a river bank under a rising moon and green fields.

Water Carriers on the Nile

John Singer Sargent, 1891

Fan-shaped painting of green and blue mountains with multi-tiered palace pavilions, pine trees and clouds, with calligraphy a

Palaces of the Immortals

Xu Yang, dated 1753

Ink painting on silk of two hawks perched on a gnarled, barren bough against a brown background.

Two hawks on a barren bough

Fan-shaped painting of an orange butterfly beside a branch of red flowers and dark ink-drawn leaves, with a red seal.

A butterfly and a flowering plant

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting of a robed monk seated on rocks with a staff, looking up into misty clouds on a hanging scroll.

Fenggan, Hanshan, and Shide

Reisai, first half of the 15th century

Six-panel gold screen with palace pavilions, court ladies, a seated emperor, pine trees and mounted riders among clouds.

Scenes from the life of the Ming Huang Emperor and Yang Guifei (one of a pair with F1901.20)

Kano Mitsunobu, 1590

Ink and color landscape of pine-topped cliffs above a river, with a small figure on the left bank and rooftops at right.

Landscapes

Xiao Yuncong, dated 1668