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125,534 works

Hanging scroll of a woman in a striped robe raising her hand to her hair beside a black lacquer box with gold flowers.

A geisha about to adjust a tortoise-shell hairpin

Chobunsai Eishi, 1800

Chinese handscroll landscape with misty river, layered cliffs, rocky shore and distant trees, painted in ink on silk.

Layered peaks and winding dikes

Hanging scroll with two mandarin ducks, one on a rock by reeds and one swimming on rippled water, in ink and colour.

Mandarin ducks in a landscape

Kanō Tsunenobu

Ink drawing of a seated luohan, attendant, and kneeling worshipper beneath gnarled pine trees.

Luohan, attendant, and worshipper under pines

Pigeons and sparrows feed on a garden floor beside a lush bank of pink, red and white flowers and a watering can.

From the Garden: Flowers and Birds

Ferdinand von Wright, 1853

Ink and color painting on a fan-shaped sheet of a stout old man in a blue checkered robe seated beside a large bell.

A fat old man sitting beside a large bell

Katsushika Hokusai

Loose watercolor of a row of shops with red roofs and small figures walking across a pale open street.

Red and Brown-Hoxton

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Painting of a bowed figure with face hidden under a pale wrap, set against ochre and olive colour fields.

The Gipsy Woman ; The Romani Woman

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1919

Watercolor of a beach hut, ladder, woman in striped swimsuit and abstract color washes in blue, green and red.

Beach

Sulho Sipilä, 1917

Ink painting of a bearded man and a child beside a water buffalo, with red seals at lower left.

Two men and a water-buffalo

Watercolor of red pelargoniums in a green urn on a terrace, with soft foliage and a pale horizon behind.

Pelargoniums on the Terrace

Albert Edelfelt, 1890

Hanging scroll of a twisting blossoming tree, pine trees, red-roofed village and a snow-capped mountain on tan silk.

River landscape: village and tall trees

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Ink and colour drawing of a man bent under a blue backpack with an umbrella, carrying a bundle, in yellow trousers.

Man carrying back-pack and lantern

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of nine white egrets in flight and standing among willow branches and reeds on a brown background.

Nine white egrets and a willow tree

Xu Chongsi, 1500

Handscroll landscape of rounded mountains, dense trees, a thatched pavilion and small walking figures in muted ink tones.

Mountain landscape

Hanging scroll of red autumn vines and pine branches draped over a grey ink rock against a gold silk ground.

Pine tree and autumn vine

Tawaraya Sori I, 1800

Ink painting of a rider on horseback and a umbrella-carrying attendant beside willows and hills.

Two travelers in the rain

Self-portrait of a young man with curly hair in a brown waistcoat and frilled cravat, holding a palette and brushes.

Self-Portrait

Alexander Lauréus, 1805

Fan-shaped painting on gold ground of a peddler with bundled poles and a child looking upward.

A peddler and a child looking at the moon

Hanabusa Itchō

Ink painting of a snowy ravine with pine trees, rocky cliffs, and a stream beneath misty mountains.

Winter landscape: a ravine

Kanō Hōgai, 1880

Snowy valley with pine trees, a rocky outcrop in the foreground, and rounded hills under a pale pink winter sky.

Winter Morning

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1860

Two fan-shaped paintings on gold silk: snowy grasses above and a snow-covered green pine branch below.

Snow-laden grasses and Snow-laden pine branches

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono warming sake over a brazier beneath red autumn maple leaves.

Three shirabyoshi drinking sake heated over a fire of autumn leaves

Hokuga, 1800

Hokusai-attributed sketch of a smiling cloth merchant holding up a long patterned fabric, with folded cloth and tools below.

A Cloth Merchant

Katsushika Hokusai

Watercolor of a sailboat beached on wet sand with figures nearby, turquoise sea and pale sky behind.

Southend-The Pleasure Yacht

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Miniature painting of court ladies and a child watching a firework on a night terrace, framed by a gold patterned border.

Court ladies playing with fireworks

Muhammad Afzal, 1740

Loose impressionist beach scene with a nude figure near the surf, blue sea, distant hills and a small sailboat under a pale s

Ball Game (Forte dei Marmi)

Ellen Thesleff, 1909

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in black with a white ruff collar, hand resting near an open book, dark background.

Portrait of a 66-Year-Old Man

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1610

Ink handscroll of pine trees over rocks with a robed figure walking a path, with red seals along the right margin.

The Lotus Society

Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin

Ink drawing of a shojo with long flowing hair lifting a large sake keg overhead, wearing a patterned robe.

Shojo Lifting a Sake Keg

Katsushika Hokusai

Handscroll painting of kneeling chained men, armed guards with staffs, a pale dog and a leafy tree on silk.

Admonishing in chains

Traditionally attributed to Yan Liben

Painting of a dirt path lined with green trees and sheds, leading toward tall city buildings under a pale sky.

The City is Coming

Väinö Kunnas, 1927