7. Court figures, painted ceramic tile from a tomb, 29 x 94 in
Court figures, painted ceramic tile from a tomb, 29 x 94 in. Han dynasty, late 1st century BCE—early 1st century CE (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

8. Seated Buddha accompanied by a bodhisattva, at Yungang, Datong, Shanxi province, China. Carved sandstone, h. 45 ft., c. 460

9. Horyuji temple complex, Nara prefecture, Japan
Horyuji temple complex, Nara prefecture, Japan. Founded 607, possibly rebuilt 670.

10. Great Buddha at Kamakura, Japan. Bronze, h. 44 ft, c. 1252

11. Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Mie prefecture, Japan
Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Mie prefecture, Japan. Probably first built in ; rebuilt every 20 years.
Shinto shrine at Kamakura, Japan, 1869

12. Sarcophagus (two views) from the tomb of Song Shaozu, d
Sarcophagus (two views) from the tomb of Song Shaozu, d. 477, carved limestone, h. about 6 ½ ft., excavated from Datong, Shanxi province, China (Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, China)

13. Interior view of tomb of Song Shaozu, d
Interior view of tomb of Song Shaozu, d. 477, Shanxi province, China, showing sarcophagus (L) and mingqi (R) (Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, China)
Horsemen (mingqi) from tomb of Song Shaozu, painted earthenware, c. 477 (Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, China)
←Painting (and line drawing , above) of musicians, interior wall of tomb of Song Shaozu (Shanxi Museum, Taiyuan, China)

14. Standing Female Attendant, wood with pigment, h. 21 in
Standing Female Attendant, wood with pigment, h. 21 in. Tang dynasty China , late 7th – early 8th century (Metropolitan Museum)

15. Hsia Kuei (= Xia Gui), detail of Twelve Views from a Thatched Hut, Song Dynasty, China, c Hand scroll, ink on silk, h. 11 x w. 7 ft 7 ¼ in. (Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City)

16. Yin Hong, Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks, Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 7’ 10 ½” x 6’ 5”. Ming dynasty, China, late 15th – early 16th century (Cleveland Museum of Art)

17. Gyokuen Bompo (artist), Orchids and Rocks, hanging scroll, ink on paper, 3 ft. 3 ½ in. x 1 ft. 1 in. Muromachi period, c (Metropolitan Museum)
Page from the Ishiyama-gire (one volume from the collection “Thirty-Six Poets.” Ink on assembled, dyed paper decorated with silver and gold, 8 ¼ x 6 ¼ in. Heian period, Japan, early 12th century. (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington)

18. Vase, Porcelaneous stoneware with relief decoration under celadon glaze, h. 6 ¾ in. Southern Song dynasty, China, (Metropolitan Museum)
Storage jar, stoneware with natural ash glaze, h. 18 3/8 x 15 ½ in. Muromachi period, Japan, (Metropolitan Museum)

19. Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, color woodblock print, 9 5/8 x 14 in. c (Metropolitan Museum and elsewhere)

20. Toshusai Sharaku, The Actors Segawa Tomisaburo and Nakamura Mano, color woodblock print, 14 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. Edo period, Japan, 1794 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Kitagawa Utamaro, Midnight: the Hours of the Rat; Mother and Sleepy Child, color woodblock print, 14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. Edo period, Japan, c (Metropolitan Museum)