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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 42, The Perfumed Prince (Niou Miya)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The forty-second of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
A Discussion of the Liturgy of the Six Assemblies (Sen Rokushūhōhen)
Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
Booklet manuscript; ink on paper; sheets of paper folded into double pages bound with a simple loop
13th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Secret Use of Spears and Halberd of [the] Muhen School (Muhen-ryū yari naginata densho), 4th of 5 Volumes
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, 1678
Five handscrolls; sumi on bordered paper with gold
17th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Secret Use of Spears and Halberd of [the] Muhen School (Muhen-ryū yari naginata densho), 2nd of 5 Volumes
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, 1678
Five handscrolls; sumi on bordered paper with gold
17th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
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Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) in Hosshō-ji School Calligraphy
Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, circa 1300
Manuscript book of 170 pages bound in damask; ink on paper
13th-14th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Story About George Washington (Tsūzoku Washinton-den)
Tamenaga Shunsui II, 19th century
Paper-cord-bound book; ink on paper
19th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Archery (Illustrated Scroll of Arrow Feathers)
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, dated 1658
Handscroll; ink on paper
17th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Handscroll format text "Shinnyokan"
Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
Unmounted handscroll; ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Compilation of Waka Poems and Chinese Verses for Recitation (Shinsen rōeishū) by Fujiwara no Mototoshi (d. circa 1142)
Monk Jien, Kamakura period, mid 13th century
One of two handscrolls; ink on paper with vermillion marks
13th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 53, Writing Practice (Tenarai)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The fifty-third of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Dedicatory Address to Arhats for Their Ritual Memorial Service (Rakan gusai-mon)
Unknown Artist, 12th-14th century
Handscroll; ink on paper (silver and gold foil on reverse shows through)
12th-14th centuryJapanese