Painting

Screens, scrolls and hanging works rather than prints: ink painting, the Kano school, Rinpa, nihonga, and the Buddhist and narrative traditions behind them.

Part of Japan

36 moments in this segment.

1. 1520 - Women on a Bridge Tossing Fans into a River. Screen, early 17th century, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
2. 1550 - “An Imperial Excursion” (Miyuki), “A Boat Cast Adrift” (Ukifune), and “The Barrier Gate” (. Screens, mid-16th, early 17th century, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
3. 1580 - Peafowl and Phoenixes. Painting, late 1500s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
4. 1600 - Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike. Screens, first half of the 17th century, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
5. 1600 - Willows and Bridge. Screens, early 17th century, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
6. 1620 - Amusements at Higashiyama in Kyoto. Screens, early 1620s, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
7. 1650 - Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Colophon. Painting, early 1650s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
8. 1700 - Handscroll of Ten Homoerotic (Nanshoku) Scenes. Handscroll, early 18th century, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
9. 1700 - Flowers and Trees of the Four Seasons (right screen), a second example by Watanabe Shikō. Painting, early to mid-1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
10. 1700 - Flowers and Trees of the Four Seasons (left screen). Painting, early to mid-1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
11. 1710 - Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers. Painting, 1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
12. 1710 - Entertainment Scene. Painting, c. 1710–53, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
13. 1715 - Chrysanthemums by a Stream. Painting, c. 1715–30 or later, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
14. 1715 - Chrysanthemums by a Stream, a second example by Ogata Kōrin. Painting, c. 1715–30 or later, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
15. 1715 - Chrysanthemums by a Stream, a third example by Ogata Kōrin. Painting, c. 1715–30 or after, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
16. 1735 - Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals. Painting, mid 1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
17. 1736 - Courtesan on Parade. Hanging scroll, late 1730s, early 1740s, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
18. 1740 - Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies. Painting, mid-1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
19. 1750 - Spring and Autumn Farming, a third example by Kō Sūkoku. Painting, 1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
20. 1750 - Spring and Autumn Farming (Spring). Painting, 1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
21. 1750 - Spring and Autumn Farming (Autumn), a second example by Kō Sūkoku. Painting, 1700s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
22. 1775 - Waves. Painting, late 1700s-early 1800s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
23. 1780 - Scenes from Essays in Idleness. Painting, late 1700s, early 1800s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
24. 1785 - Seventy-Two Peaks Under the Blue Sky with Mount Furong. Painting, 1785, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
25. 1797 - Shiraito Waterfall at Hakone. Painting, 19th century, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
26. 1800 - Paulownias and Chrysanthemums. Painting, early 1800s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
27. 1800 - Courtesan Reading a Letter. Painting, early 1800s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
28. 1804 - Beauty in Snow. Hanging scroll, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
29. 1817 - Preface. Portfolio, 1817, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
30. 1817 - Portrait of Kō Sūkoku. Painting, possibly 1817, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
31. 1829 - Six Jewel Rivers. Handscrolls, ca. 1839, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
32. 1850 - Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects. Painting, late 1800s, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
33. 1867 - Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto); Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso). Drawing, c. 1872, from the Cleveland Museum of Art open-access collection; a digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
34. 1868 - The Japanese Robe. Painting, ca. 1872, Japan, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
35. 1945 - Kinugawa no Kasane. yokai Japanese folklore print. A painting of Kasane, an infamous ghost of Japanese folklore, by Tekisui Ishii (1882–1945), printed on a postcard by the Sanshokuban Printing Company. Scan by Fred Cherrygarden.
36. 2009 - Male Mikado Pheasant. game arcade game center Japan. Male Mikado Pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado)