# Japanese painting

Style galleries · hang 749 · 76 works

Ink and colour on silk and paper, from temple scrolls to screens for samurai houses.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Painting Nine from Album of Paintings by Haizan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/painting-nine-from-album-of-paintings-by-haizan-cma-448485), Yoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/painting-nine-from-album-of-paintings-by-haizan-cma-448485?hang=749)
2. [Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-aic-80071), Oguri Sotan, 15th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/landscape-aic-80071?hang=749)
3. [Beauty Turning Her Head](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/beauty-turning-her-head-aic-249461), Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1685-94. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/beauty-turning-her-head-aic-249461?hang=749)
4. [Snails](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/snails-cma-160688), Nagasawa Rosetsu, c. 1788–89. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/snails-cma-160688?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

5. [Tiger lilies and grass](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tiger-lilies-and-grass-si-fsg-f1904-33), Style of Ogata Kenzan, 1663-1868. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/tiger-lilies-and-grass-si-fsg-f1904-33?hang=749)
6. [Paulownias and Chrysanthemums](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/paulownias-and-chrysanthemums-cma-140476), Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/paulownias-and-chrysanthemums-cma-140476?hang=749)
7. [Moon of Enlightenment, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/moon-of-enlightenment-from-the-series-twelve-aspects-of-the-aic-212354), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, About 1885-92. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/moon-of-enlightenment-from-the-series-twelve-aspects-of-the-aic-212354?hang=749)
8. [Mount Fuji](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mount-fuji-si-fsg-f1904-386), Maruyama Okyo, 18th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/mount-fuji-si-fsg-f1904-386?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

9. [Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-si-fsg-f1905-21), Maruyama Okyo, 18th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/landscape-si-fsg-f1905-21?hang=749)
10. [Orchids and Rock](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/orchids-and-rock-met-44857), Gyokuen Bonpō, late 14th–early 15th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/orchids-and-rock-met-44857?hang=749)
11. [Nehan: Death of the Buddha](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nehan-death-of-the-buddha-aic-80547), Unrecorded Japanese maker, late 17th/early 18th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/nehan-death-of-the-buddha-aic-80547?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

12. [The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-bodhisattva-seishi-from-the-triptych-approach-of-the-ami-aic-86374), Unrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura Period, mid–13th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/the-bodhisattva-seishi-from-the-triptych-approach-of-the-ami-aic-86374?hang=749)
13. [Waves at Matsushima 松島図屏風](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/waves-at-matsushima-si-fsg-f1906-231-232), Tawaraya Sotatsu, 17th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/waves-at-matsushima-si-fsg-f1906-231-232?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

14. [Pastimes and occupations of the twelve months](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/pastimes-and-occupations-of-the-twelve-months-si-fsg-f1904-137), Hanabusa Itcho, late 17th-early 18th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/pastimes-and-occupations-of-the-twelve-months-si-fsg-f1904-137?hang=749)
15. [A courtesan standing near a clothes rack](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-courtesan-standing-near-a-clothes-rack-si-fsg-f1903-274), Hishikawa Sori, early 19th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/a-courtesan-standing-near-a-clothes-rack-si-fsg-f1903-274?hang=749)
16. [Painting Seven from Album of Paintings by Haizan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/painting-seven-from-album-of-paintings-by-haizan-cma-448486), Yoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting/painting-seven-from-album-of-paintings-by-haizan-cma-448486?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Yoshitsugu Haizan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/yoshitsugu-haizan?hang=749&via=continue) (3 works)
- [19th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-japan?hang=749&via=continue) (99 works)
- [Japanese painting, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiSlB2S3A5YkgifQ)
