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The painting depicts three houses in a small village, surrounded by trees. There is a lake in the right-hand foreground of the painting. The artist signed his name with the seal of his pen name, Lao Pai (Pai the old man) on the upper left-hand corner.
Qi Baishi
Rural Village
1925 – 1935
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
1949/1.193
This hanging scroll depicts two carp among waves using light ink washes. It demonstrates the Kanō painters' interest in naturalistic depiction of flowers, birds and animals.
Kanō School
Two carp among waves
17th century
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.208
There is a small clump of bamboo rising toward the top of the hanging scroll. There are three stems and a small clump of leaves. In the bottom left corner of the hanging scroll are two seals by the artist.
Nakabayashi Chikutō
Bamboo
1800 – 1849
Gift of the Calvin French Collection
1987/1.152.2
Black ink painting. Inscription in the upper left corner. At the base of the image are clouds with an elderly figure dressed in robes standing atop them. To his right is a younger figure pearing down at the clouds with a pack on his back.
Ren Yu (Jen Yü)
God of Happiness and Attendant in the Clouds, in the style of Luo Ping
1886
Gift of Jung Ying Ts'ao, in honor of Senator Carl Levin
1987/1.276

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Stele from Madame Wang's Tomb: 20th century rubbing of a Sui Dynasty tomb slab
20th century
Museum Purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1991/1.121

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Jizo Bosatsu (?)
1945 – 1955
Gift of Mrs. Caroline J. Plumer
1991/1.70

Riqi Huang
Calligraphy (one of a pair)
1780 – 1920
Gift of Sarah and Otto Graf, supplemented by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1980/2.201
This hanging scroll depicts three white chrysanthemums. The flowers form a dynamic arc, and were executed with powerful, rapid brushstrokes. The contrast between the thin lines of the petals of the flowers and the dark thick strokes made with the side of the brush suggesting the leaves and stalks of the plants creates the main visual drama of the painting. 
Soga Shōhaku
Chrysanthemums
18th century
Museum Purchase
1960/1.183
This hanging scroll depicts a man walking along a mountainous path overlooking a group of buildings and distant mountains. In the foreground, the figure moves to the left, and is placed before a large tree growing out of the rocks. The middle of the painting is dominated by a diagonal line created by the roofs of various structures leading to three larger mountain peaks, indicated with light gray washes. 
Soga Shōhaku
Strolling in the Mountains
18th century
Museum Purchase
1963/1.97

Chen Jiru (Ch'ên Chi-ju)
Remote Mountain Temple by the River
1558 – 1639
Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund
1972/2.351
This horizontal landscape includes a river straight across the foreground, parallel to the bottom edge of the image. In the center beyond the water are buildings, on either side are trees, and in the distance on the right is a windmill. 
Charles François Daubigny (French (culture or style))
Landscape
1865
Museum Purchase
1963/2.41
This painting depicts a solitary bird perched on a tropical banana plant. There are inscriptions and signature of the artist on the upper left-hand corner: "A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi, as he goes south. Baishi."
Qi Baishi
Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
1915 – 1925
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
1949/1.196
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