Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Art

Owl-shaped zun

Tomb of Lady Fu Hao

c. 1200 BCE

Shang dynasty

Name banner of Lady Dai

Mawangdui Tomb 1

c. 168 BCE

Han dynasty

Gu Kaizhi

Admonitions of a Court Instructress

6th-8th century

Six Dynasties period

Pagoda

Horyuji

601-607

Asuka period

Maitreya (pensive bodhisattva)

7th century

Silla kingdom

Seokguram caves (Stone Buddha Temple)

late 8th century

Silla dynasty

Byodo-in, Uji

1053

Heian period

Guo Xi

Early Spring

1072

Northern Song dynasty

“The Oak Tree (3)” from Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari emaki)

12th century

Heian period

Blue-and-white plate with rock, fruit, and flowers

Jingdezhen

mid-14th century

Yuan dynasty

Sesshu Toyo

Splashed Ink

1495

Muromachi period

Attributed to Sen no Rikyu

Tai’an teahouse, Myokian Temple

late 16th century

Muromachi period

Hu Zhengyuan

A Manual of Calligraphy and Painting from the Ten Bamboo Studio

1619-1633

Ming dynasty

Bada Shanren

Fish and Rocks

mid to late-17th century

Qing dynasty

Ogata Korin

Irises

early 18th century

Edo period

Giuseppe Castiglione

One Hundred Horses

1728

Qing dynasty

Jeong Seon

True View of the Diamond Mountains

1734

Joseon dynasty

Yi Eungrok

Scholar’s Accouterments (chaekgeori)

19th century

Joseon dynasty

Hokusai Katsushika

Great Wave off Kanagawa, from Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji

c. 1830s

Edo period

Xu Bing

Square Word Calligraphy Classroom

1994-1996