Dry and cascading pools

Saihoji temple

Kyoto, Japan

Muromachi period

14th century

Splashed-ink (haboku) landscape

Sesshu Toyo

Muromachi period

1495

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Chinese Lions

Kano Eitoku

Momoyama period

late 16th century

six-panel screen, ink on paper

Pine Forest

Hasegawa Tohaku

Momoyama period

late 16th century

six panel screen, ink on paper

Taian teahouse

Sen No Rikyu

Myokian Temple

Kyoto, Japan

Momoyama period

Ca. 1582

tea ceremony water jar

Kogan

Momoyam period

late 16th century

shino ware with underglaze iron design and storage box

Katsura Imperial Villa

Kyoto, Japan

Edo period

1620 - 1663

Cukoo Flying over New Verdure

Yosa Buson

Edo period 

late 8th century

hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk

Boat Bridge, writing box

Honami Koestu

Edo period 

early 17th century

laquered, sprinkled gold and inlay

Zen Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom

Kano Motonobu

Daitokuji, Kyoto, Japan

Muromachi period

ca. 1513

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Evening Bell at the Clock

from Eight Views of the Parlor series

Suzuki Harunobu

Edo period

ca. 1765

woodblock print

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series

Katsushika Hokusai

Edo period

ca. 1826-1833

woodblock print, ink and colors on paper

Oiran (Grand Courtesan)

Takahashi Yuichi

Meiji period 

1872

oil on canvas

Kutsugen

Yokoyama Taikan

Itsukushima Shrine

Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Meiji period

1898

hanging scroll, color on silk

National indoor Olympic Stadiums

Kenzo Tange

Tokyo, Japan

Showa period 

1961-1964

Dish

Hamada Shoji

1962

black trails on translucent glaze

Symptom

Kimio Tsuchiya

1987

branchesk

Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo

Liang Kai

Southern Song period

early 13th century

hanging scroll, ink on paper