Hanging Scroll Collection (#12)

Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscapes, 1200s. Creator: Guo Min (Chinese, mid-late 1200s)
Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscapes, 1200s. Herdboys tend their buffalo in a bucolic landscape by a winding stream. Guo Min emphasizes the massive forms and mighty power of the animals

Heavenly King Virudhaka, 1368-1644. Creator: Unknown
Heavenly King Virudhaka, 1368-1644. Heavenly Kings are guardians who watch over the cardinal directions: north, south, west, and east

Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape, 1200s. Creator: Guo Min (Chinese, mid-late 1200s)
Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape, 1200s

Courtesan, early 1700s. Creator: Kaigetsud? Doshin (Japanese, active 1711-1736)
Courtesan, early 1700s. Kaigetsudo Doshin was one of five painters in a studio operating under Kaigetsudo Ando in the Asakusa area of Edo, todays Tokyo

Courtesan, 19th century. Creator: Gion Seitoku (Japanese, 1781-1829?)
Courtesan, 19th century. This narrow hanging scroll, known as a pillar painting, is similar to the format of Shigemasas Two Beauties (see 1985.274)

Courtesan, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Courtesan, 18th century. Paintings of the courtesans who provided men with a sophisticated menu of appealing fashions, flattery, witty banter, music, dancing

Courtesan Riding an Elephant (Parody of the Bodhisattva Fugen), 19th century. Creator
Courtesan Riding an Elephant (Parody of the Bodhisattva Fugen), 19th century

Conversation in Autumn, 1732. Creator: Hua Yan (Chinese, 1682-about 1765)
Conversation in Autumn, 1732. Two figures sit conversing in a thatched cottage. This painting illustrates two poetic lines: My guest came to sit beyond the dust, In a narrow room

Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge, 1368- 1644. Creator: Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487-after 1567)
Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge, 1368- 1644. The underlying notion of human existence in harmony with nature can be found in many traditional Chinese paintings

Courtesan, 1716-1735. Creator: Matsuno Chikanobu (Japanese)
Courtesan, 1716-1735. A glamorous courtesan sports an outer robe decorated with large roundels featuring plant motifs including iris and bush clover

Courtesan and Attendants, c. 1748-1751. Creator: Engetsudo (Japanese), attributed to
Courtesan and Attendants, c. 1748-1751. The courtesan wears a pair of tall, lacquered wooden clogs and heavy robes, indicating it is winter

Court Ladies in the Imperial Palace, 1271-1368. Creator: Unknown
Court Ladies in the Imperial Palace, 1271-1368

Grapes, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Grapes, 1800s. The grape was imported into East Asia from the West via the Silk Road. In Korea, making wine from the fruit became popular after the Chinese Yuan emperor presented grape wine to

Grapes, 1800s. Creator: Baikan Sugai (Japanese, 1784-1844)
Grapes, 1800s. This loose composition is a casual work likely created for an acquaintance by Sugai Baikan, an artist known for his ink landscapes

Han Yige, c. 1368-1644. Creator: Unknown
Han Yige, c. 1368-1644

Haboku (Flung-ink) Landscape, c. 1510. Creator: Sh?getsu T?kan (Japanese, 1440?-1529)
Haboku (Flung-ink) Landscape, c. 1510. This vague but energetically rendered landscape highlights the brush: the messenger for a moments emotional or spiritual state

The White Path to the Western Paradise across Two Rivers (Niga Byakudo), 1200s. Creator: Unknown
The White Path to the Western Paradise across Two Rivers (Niga Byakudo), 1200s. From the 1100s, Japanese Buddhists believed that they were living in a predicted period of apocalyptic cleansing that

The Zen Priest Choka, 1600-1640. Creator: Tawaraya S?tatsu (Japanese, died c. 1640)
The Zen Priest Choka, 1600-1640. Sotatsus painting was inspired by a Chinese book of the late Ming dynasty that featured images of legendary Chinese Buddhist experts and Daoist sages

Three Purities, 1800s. Creator: Zhang Xiong (Chinese, 1803-1886)
Three Purities, 1800s

Waterfall, 1271-1368. Creator: Unknown
Waterfall, 1271-1368

Water Buffalo Returning Home, 1781. Creator: Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716-1783)
Water Buffalo Returning Home, 1781. More celebrated in his lifetime as a poet than as a painter, Yosa Buson is a figure central to Japanese nanga

Windy Landscape with Sailboat, mid-1400s. Creator: Unknown
Windy Landscape with Sailboat, mid-1400s. Windy Landscape depicts the humble waterside retreat of an official retired from government service

Watching a Waterfall, 1790. Creator: Tani Bunch? (Japanese, 1763-1841)
Watching a Waterfall, 1790. During the Edo period, Japanese literati artists such as Tani Buncho loved depicting the theme of Gazing at the Waterfall by painting a blue

Woman and Two Children, 1900s. Creator: Unknown
Woman and Two Children, 1900s

Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World), 1570. Creator: Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502-1575)
Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World), 1570. A scholar on a boat in the middle ground bathes his feet in the cooling stream. The vast river scene is depicted from a high viewing point

Warrior mounted on a Horse, 1700s-1800s. Creator: Unknown
Warrior mounted on a Horse, 1700s-1800s

Willow and Magpie, mid-1200s. Creator: Fachang Muqi (Chinese, 1220-1280), attributed to
Willow and Magpie, mid-1200s

Wisteria Maiden (Fuji Musume), 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Wisteria Maiden (Fuji Musume), 17th century. The wisteria maiden is an otsu-e subject thought to have been inspired by popular dances

Wild Geese, early 1500s. Creator: Kano Chokichi (Japanese)
Wild Geese, early 1500s

White-Robed Guanyin, late 1200s-early 1300s. Guanyin, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion (Avalokiteshvara, in Sanskrit), reveals himself in many forms

White Clouds and Red Trees, 1788. Creator: Li Jian (Chinese, active second half of the 1700s)
White Clouds and Red Trees, 1788

Winter Landscape, 1500s. Creator: Yeoseol (Korean)
Winter Landscape, 1500s. This wintry vista is a vivid example of idealistic monumental painting: the strong contrasts of ink washes and contouring brush lines; the bold outlining of rock shapes

Welcoming Descent of Jizo Bosatsu, 1200s. Creator: Unknown
Welcoming Descent of Jizo Bosatsu, 1200s. This painting depicts the bodhisattva Jizo--an enlightened being who refuses entry into nirvana in order to aid other beings in their quest for

Waterfowl and Reeds, early 1200s. Creator: Liang Kai (Chinese, mid-1100s-early 1200s)
Waterfowl and Reeds, early 1200s. This album leaf now mounted as a hanging scroll is attributed to the 13th-century artist Liang Kai

Water Margin Bandits, late 1700s-early 1800s. Creator: Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752-1811)
Water Margin Bandits, late 1700s-early 1800s

Eleven-Headed Deity of Compassion (Juichimen Kannon), 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Eleven-Headed Deity of Compassion (Juichimen Kannon), 13th century. The Eleven-Headed Kannon, a deity of mercy and compassion in the Buddhist pantheon, was introduced into Japan in the 600s

Forbidden to the Vulgar, late 1800s-early 1900s. Creator: Gyokudo Uragami (Japanese, 1745-1820)
Forbidden to the Vulgar, late 1800s-early 1900s. Gyokudo painted in the Nanga style (literary mens school of painting), originally influenced by 18th-century Chinese painting

Flowering Crab Apple, 1500. Creator: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427-1509)
Flowering Crab Apple, 1500

Flowers and Rocks, 1368- 1644. Creator: Unknown
Flowers and Rocks, 1368- 1644

Flowering Plants, 1862. Creator: Wu Rangzhi (Chinese, 1799-1870)
Flowering Plants, 1862

Grapevine, 1700s to 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Grapevine, 1700s to 1800s

Grapes, 1700s. Creator: Unknown
Grapes, 1700s

Flowers and Foliage of Autumn, mid 1700s. Creator: Tatebayashi Kagei (Japanese)
Flowers and Foliage of Autumn, mid 1700s

Hotei, late 1400s. Creator: Jonan Etetsu (Japanese, 1444-1507)
Hotei, late 1400s. The Zen monk Jonan Etetsu is recorded as the 183rd abbot of To fuku-ji temple in the eastern hills of Kyoto

Hotei, mid 1500s. Creator: Yamada Doan (Japanese, 1571)
Hotei, mid 1500s. The subject of this painting is Hotei, a Chan (Zen in Japanese) monk of the Tang period in China who became a legendary figure in Japan

Hotei, late 1300s-early 1400s. Creator: Kichizan Mincho (Japanese, 1352-1431)
Hotei, late 1300s-early 1400s

A Pair of Peafowl, late 1400s-early 1500s. Creator: Lin Liang (Chinese, 1416-1480)
A Pair of Peafowl, late 1400s-early 1500s. A peacock and a peahen provide the focal point for this work that not only serves a decorative function but may also be a symbolic language to suggest

A Scholars Retreat amid Autumn Trees, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Creator: Wang Fu (Chinese
A Scholars Retreat amid Autumn Trees, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

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