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“Exile to Suma” (Suma), from Collection of Ancient Chinese and Japanese Stories (Wakan koji setsuwa zu)
Iwasa Matabei
first half of the 17th century
The Poet Fujiwara Kiyotada, from the “Narikane Version” of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals
Unidentified artist
13th century
In the Palace
Unidentified artist
early 20th century
Landscape
Wen Boren
dated 1558
The Sixteen Luohans
Qiu Ying
16th or 17th century
Dreaming of Flowers
Zhai Jichang
1807
Scroll of Commission
Unidentified artist
dated 1862
Draft of "Such is the Beauty of Our Rivers and Mountains"
Fu Baoshi
datable to 1959
Eight poems
Xiong Tingbi
undated
Portrait of Shaoyu in the guise of Liu Ling
unidentified artist
ca. 1795
The Pavilion of Prince Teng
Tang Di
dated 1352
River Landscape in Autumn
Luo Mu
dated 1661
Poem Accompanying an Over Robe (Uchikake) with a Bamboo Painting by Gion Nankai
Rai San’yō
1824
Portrait of Ren'an in a Landscape
Shitao (Zhu Ruoji)
dated 1684
Raising the Alms-Bowl
unidentified artist
17th–18th century
The Tale of Sumiyoshi
Japan
late 13th century
Green Peaks
Noro Kaiseki
1826
Bamboos
Unidentified artist

Scene from “Imperial Visit to Rokuhara,” from The Tale of the Heiji Rebellion (Heiji monogatari)

Japan
18th century
Illustrated Legends of Ishiyamadera (Ishiyamadera engi emaki), Scroll 3
Takashina Takakane
ca. 14th century
Three squirrels
Xugu (Zhu Huairen)
1894
Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wakan rōeishū)
Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久
late 16th–early 17th century
The Poetry Cottage
Lin Shu
dated 1914
Birds on Branches
Unidentified artist

Letters by Courtesans

Unidentified artist
late 18th or early 19th century

“Parable of the Medicinal Herbs” (Yakusōyu), Chapter 5 of the Lotus Sutra (Saddharma pundarika)

Unidentified artist
12th century
Competition Between Poets of Different Eras (Jidai fudō uta awase), depicting the poet Minamoto no Hitoshi
Fujiwara no Nobuzane
13th century
Remote Valleys, Sounds of Waterfalls, Deep Forests
Liu Yu
dated 1678
"Akashi", "Channel Buoys" ("Miotsukushi"), "The Wormwood Patch" ("Yomogiu"), "Gatehouse" ("Sekiya"), and "Picture Contest" ("E-awase") chapters from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
Japan
One hundred water buffalo
Unidentified artist
13th century
Invitation to Reclusion at Jingxi
Dong Qichang
1611
Mount Geumgang
Unidentified artist
19th century
Segment of Chapter 19 of the Lotus Sutra
Kujō Kanezane
late 12th century
Daimyo Procession to Edo
Hishikawa School
ca. 1700
Beauty Sleeping on a Banana Leaf
Tang Yin
Summer retreat in the eastern grove
Wen Zhengming
calligraphy datable to 1512
The Hundred Flowers
Wang Yuan
Ink bamboo
Tang Yin
early 16th century
Magnolia
Unidentified artist
Spurious date of 1549
Writings in Praise of a Houseboat
Li Mengyang
ca. 1500