Toba-e gacho

Certificate From a Master of the Hiki School of Archery to a Disciple in 1623 (Hiki-ryū kyūjutsu yurushi-jō)

The thirty-first of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, dated 1623

Handscroll; ink on decorated paper with pine, bamboo, willow, flower in gold

17th centuryJapanese

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 8, Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En)

The eighth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 5, Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki)

The fifth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 30, Thoroughwort Flowers (Fujibakama)

The thirtieth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Diamond and Heart Sutras (Sanskrit: Vajra-prajñâpâramitâ-sūtra; Japanese: Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō)

Hsing-tun Kao-ch'uan, Early Edo Period, circa 1692-1695

Folding book; gold pigment on indigo-blue-dyed paper

17th centuryJapanese

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 4, The Twilight Beauty (Yūgao)

The fourth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 12, Suma

The twelfth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Shadows of Ghosts (Bakemono kagei cho)

Unknown Artist

Japanese