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Chinese Literatus in an Autumn Landscape, late 1400s. Creator: Josui S?en (Japanese, active c)Chinese Literatus in an Autumn Landscape, late 1400s. In this painting, Sesshu Toyos disciple Soen depicts a Chinese scholar-official astride a donkey with his attendant behind
Chinese Literatus Viewing a Valley, possibly mid- to late 1500s-1600s. Creator: UnknownChinese Literatus Viewing a Valley, possibly mid- to late 1500s-1600s. This painting depicts a well-recognized scene in East Asian painting most often associated with the Chinese Southern Song
Chinese Landscape, 1500s. Creator: UnknownChinese Landscape, 1500s. This byobu (folding screen) and its pair bears neither signature or seals that reveal its authorship
Dragon, 1500s. Creator: Sesson Sh?kei (Japanese, 1504-1589)Dragon, 1500s. This screen with a dragon and its pair with a tiger together represent the elements of water and wind in Chinese cosmology: the dragons swirling form conjures rain clouds
Pan Lang (Han Ro), mid-1500s. Creator: Shikibu Terutada (Japanese, active mid-1500s)Pan Lang (Han Ro), mid-1500s. These three fan-shaped paintings, now mounted as individual hanging scrolls, were once part of a set of 20 mounted on a folding screen
Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy (Shakkyo Kasen Emaki), 1300s-1400s. Creator: UnknownPoetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy (Shakkyo Kasen Emaki), 1300s-1400s. Handscrolls depicting eminent poets and their poems is a classic Japanese painting genre
Bamboo in Rain; Bamboo in Wind, early 1500s. Creator: Genga (Japanese)Bamboo in Rain; Bamboo in Wind, early 1500s. East Asian paintings from China, Korea, and Japan were frequently conceived as sets of multiple images
Landscape with a Distant Temple, early 1500s. Creator: UnknownLandscape with a Distant Temple, early 1500s. A traveler has presumably descended from the distant temple compound that consists of several buildings linked together by a winding trail lined with
Landscape of the Four Seasons, early 1500s. Creator: Yi Sumun (Korean, b. c. 1404)Landscape of the Four Seasons, early 1500s. Yi Sumun is a Korean painter who moved to Japan in 1424 at the age of 20. Yis style likely represents the Yuanti school of royal court painting during
Bamboo in Rain, early 1500s. Creator: Genga (Japanese), attributed toBamboo in Rain, early 1500s. East Asian paintings from China, Korea, and Japan were frequently conceived as sets of multiple images
Birds and Flowers, mid-1400s-early 1500s. Creator: Sessh? T?y? (Japanese, 1420-1506)Birds and Flowers, mid-1400s-early 1500s
Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons, second half of the 1500s. CreatorBirds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons, second half of the 1500s
Bamboo in Wind, early 1500s. Creator: Genga (Japanese), attributed toBamboo in Wind, early 1500s. East Asian paintings from China, Korea, and Japan were frequently conceived as sets of multiple images
Bamboo and Plum, 1500s. Creator: Sesson Sh?kei (Japanese, active 1504-ca. 1589)Bamboo and Plum, 1500s. This painting of a white plum (or prunus) and bamboo was once part of a triptych. A central image of the demon-queller Zhong Kui was flanked by this painting
Aizen, The God of Love, 1500s. Creator: UnknownAizen, The God of Love, 1500s
Descent of Amida (Amida Raigo), 1400s. Creator: UnknownDescent of Amida (Amida Raigo), 1400s
Cucumbers and Eggplant, 1500s. Creator: Yamada Doan (Japanese, 1571)Cucumbers and Eggplant, 1500s. Still lifes appear frequently in Western painting. This is not the case in East Asian painting traditions
Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute, late 1400s-early 1500s. Minghuang, a prominent emperor of Tang (618-906) China and his consort, Yang Gueifei, have inspired many legends
Geese, Muromachi period, 1392-1573. Creator: Soami (Japanese, d. 1525), circle ofGeese, Muromachi period, 1392-1573
Geese Returning Home, 1500s. Creator: UnknownGeese Returning Home, 1500s. The scene of geese descending to a sandbar originated with a very popular Chinese poem and theme in painting, Eight Views of Xiao Xiang River
Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows, 1400s. Creator: Ikky? S?jun (Japanese, 1394-1481)Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows, 1400s. The jumbled, even raucous appearance of this hanging scroll is no accident; the scratchy willow trunk--a single
Landscape, 1500-1525. Creator: Soami (Japanese, d. 1525)Landscape, 1500-1525. Kyoto-based painter Soami adapted the small-format Chinese album leaf and handscroll painting compositions belonging to the Ashikaga shogunate to the large-scale paintings he