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Hanging scroll with ink mountains, willow trees over rocks, and vertical calligraphy with red seals above.

Unexpected Meeting on the Yodo River

Rai San’yō, 1823

Hanging scroll of two cranes calling beneath bamboo and a full moon, with ink and soft color on silk.

Pair of Cranes in Bamboo Grove

Tanomura Chikuden, ca. early 1830s

Hanging scroll pair: pink and white tree peonies on the left, black ink calligraphy poem on the right, blue brocade mounts.

Tree Peonies and Chinese Poem on Peonies

Keibun, ca. 1830s

Ink drawing on a hanging scroll of grotesque demons and monsters gathered below a mountain village with pine trees.

Demons and Monsters

Takai Kōzan, ca. 1870s

Ink hanging scroll of seated Kannon on a rock beneath dense bamboo, with a pale halo and calligraphy inscription above.

Kannon in a Bamboo Grove

Amano Hōko, 1884

Seated older woman in grey dress and white shawl holding a cane beside a tufted sofa and flowering plant.

Portrait of Mrs. Anna Sinebrychoff

Albert Edelfelt, 1892

Hanging scroll of green mountains, pines and red trees among white clouds, with a small pavilion and figures at the base.

White Clouds and Crimson Trees

Tanomura Chokunyū, 1888

Handscroll painting of a night parade of demons, including a green oni with a trident and a winged flaming creature.

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

Tachibana Gadō, 1892

Oil painting of ancient figures and cherubs sorting medicines in an arched laboratory with a furnace and mortar.

Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medi…

Johannes Zacharias Simon Prey

The Violinist

Pekka Halonen, 1900

Hanging scroll of two fishermen in a boat below a pale moon, with a pine on a cliff and bamboo along the shore.

Fisherman viewing the moon

Ye Guang, ca. 1600

Ink and color album leaf of a twisted pine with songbirds on branches, rocks and bare plum twigs in the foreground.

Paintings after old masters

Ink landscape handscroll with a pavilion, pine trees, a seated figure, a lattice fence and misty mountains.

The Studio of Prolonged Soughing

You Yin, dated 1851

Album leaf of a mountain landscape with a rider on horseback, farmers in a field, a porter with baskets, and pine trees.

Odes of the State of Bin: The Seventh Month

Fei Qinghu, late 18th-early 19th century

Arched sketch of a robed central figure holding a child, surrounded by a crowd of women and children under columns and red dr

Antakaa lasten tulla minun tyköni, luonnos Nikolain kirkkoon tilattua, mutta Helsingin vanhaan kirkkoon sijoitettua a…

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1846

Two women in kimono, one seated at a writing table and one standing in blue with blossoms, with a child and a white lion dog.

Artisans, Beauties, and Annual Events

Toyohara Kunichika, 1874

Painting of grey and yellow village houses with angular rooftops beneath swirling clouds and a green patch.

Harmaita aittoja

Handscroll painting of misty hills, pine trees and white-walled villa buildings with tiled roofs beside rice fields.

Rear View of the Mountain Villa for Watching Clouds

Yu Zouyan, 1844-45

Tobias and the Angel

Tobias and the Angel

Francesco Guardi, 1750s

Watercolor of a snowy winter landscape with spruce trees, a frozen lake, horse sleighs and figures in the snow.

Winter Landscape from Savo

Magnus von Wright, 1840

Painted album page showing a seated Buddha in a wooden pavilion, with monks in yellow robes praying and Burmese script below.

Scenes from Life of the Buddha

King Mindon, 1880s

Hanging scroll of kimono-clad women in a misty bamboo grove, one holding a pink peony, rendered in soft greens and bright rob

Seven Beauties of the Bamboo Grove

Watanabe Seitei, early 20th century

Bust portrait of a young man with grey hair and a white ruffled collar, dark coat, against a brown background.

Self-Portrait

Beda Stjernschantz, 1892

Painting of blue-skinned Vishnu Venkateshvara in an ornate crown, flanked by two attendants in red and orange robes.

Vishnu Venkateshvara, Lord of Tirupati

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Night interior drawing of a window with a crescent moon and stars above a rumpled bed, in charcoal and pastel tones.

"Erinnerung an..."; aus: "Die 150 Blätter"

Karl Wiener, 1940

Painting of a red-faced deity with an ornate crown and jewelry holding a lotus, with a small attendant beside him.

Krishna Rajagopalaswamy, king of the cowherds

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest

Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1842

Ink painting of two crabs on a sandy shore with grass, mounted in a dark lacquered screen frame.

Crabs and Peonies

Itō Jakuchū, mid-18th century, before 1766

Painting of a seated young woman in a dark blue dress with braided hair, holding blue flowers, against a muted green backgrou

Girl with Anemones

Juho Salminen, 1935

Hanging scroll of a hawk on a rock above waves, with a red sun at upper right.

Hawk at Sunrise

Jeong Hong-Rae, second half 18th century-first half 19th century

Painting of cut tree stumps and a fallen log on a mossy forest floor, with conifers and broken branches behind.

Kantoja metsässä

Hanging scroll with a fan-shaped gold panel showing several Chinese boys in robes playing among books and toys.

Chinese Boys at Play

Kano Motonobu, first half 16th century