Floor plan

Style galleriesJapanese painting

Japanese painting

Hanging scroll
Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)
Operating on Guan Yu's Arm, by Katsushika Ōi, 1840s
Orchids and Rock, by Gyokuen Bonpō, late 14th–early 15th century
Hanging scroll
Long painted scroll, green, brown mountains, wooden house, Amida Buddha on cloud.
Hanging scroll

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

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

Section 1, north wall

  1. Hanging scroll
    Mount FujiMaruyama Okyo, 18th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)
    Girl in an orange vermillion dressUnrecorded Japanese maker, 1661-1673Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  3. Operating on Guan Yu's Arm, by Katsushika Ōi, 1840s
    Operating on Guan Yu's ArmKatsushika Ōi, 1840sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Orchids and Rock, by Gyokuen Bonpō, late 14th–early 15th century
    Orchids and RockGyokuen Bonpō, late 14th–early 15th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. Hanging scroll
    Peonies and lilies 芍薬と百合図Tawaraya Sotatsu, 1568-1615Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Long painted scroll, green, brown mountains, wooden house, Amida Buddha on cloud.
    Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu SectUnrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Hanging scroll
    A courtesan and her attendant under a cherry treeTawaraya Sori III, late 18th-early 19th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Section 2, south wall

  1. Screens (six-panel)
    Monkeys and trees on a river bankSesson Shūkei, 1568-1615Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Beggar (Kojiki), by Hirafuku Suian, 1871
    Beggar (Kojiki)Hirafuku Suian, 1871Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Screen (six-panel)
    A Puppet-show: The Story of The Potted TreesBunkaku, early 18th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Poetry sheet (shikishi)
    ChrysanthemumsHon'ami Kōetsu, 1615-1868Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  3. Painting Seven from Album of Paintings by Haizan, by Yoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900s
    Painting Seven from Album of Paintings by HaizanYoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. Album
    Album of twenty-four paintingsSchool of Kano Tan'yu, 17th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Painting Five from Album of Paintings by Haizan, by Yoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900s
    Painting Five from Album of Paintings by HaizanYoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 3, south wall

  1. Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.
    Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem SlipsTosa Mitsuoki, 1654/81Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Immortal Riding on a Carp, c. 1600
    Immortal Riding on a CarpUnrecorded Japanese maker, c. 1600Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art