
Detail, Kawasaki, from the series Famous Places of the Fifty-Three Stations; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858); Japan, Edo period, 1855; one of a set of 55 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge, FSC-GR-705.3.

Detail, Kawasaki, from the series Famous Places of the Fifty-Three Stations; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858); Japan, Edo period, 1855; one of a set of 55 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge, FSC-GR-705.3.

Detail, Installation view of Dialogue From DNA at Manggha, Centre of Japanese Art and Technology, Krakow, Poland by Chiharu Shiota; 2004; photo by Sunhi Mang

Detail, Karamono tea caddy, bunrin type; Tea caddy (karamono taikai chaire); Southern Song to Ming dynasty, 13th-15th century; Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid; Freer Gallery of Art, F1897.42a-b

Detail, Red Sea Bream (Tai) on Bamboo Leaves by Ogawa Ritsu (1663–1747), Japan, Edo period, 1738, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1897.30

Folio from an unidentified album; Signed by Mir Ali Haravi (d. ca. 1550); Uzbekistan, probably Bukhara, Shaybanid period, ca. 1530–40; Borders: India, Mughal period, ca. 1630–60; Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; Freer Gallery of Art, F1939.50b

Jar with three horizontal lugs, F1994.16.

Detail, Amulet: the figure of Thoureis; Amulet; Possibly Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305-30 BCE; Clay; Egypt; Gift of Charles Lang Freer; Freer Gallery of Art F1908.222

Detail, Silk Weaving, after Lou Shou 摹樓璹〈蠶織圖; Handscroll; Attributed to Cheng Qi (傳)程棨 (active mid- to late 13th century), Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225); China; Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment; Freer Gallery of Art F1954.20

Detail, ŀshak Paşa Palace, Doğubayazıt; Ara Güler; silver gelatin print, 1965; Raymond A. Hare collection, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, A1989.03.3.9

Detail, Sumida River by Night 隅田川夜, Kobayashi Kiyochika; Japan, 1881; Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; Robert O. Muller Collection; S2003.8.1203