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Treatise on Meditation (S: Yogâcâra-bhumi; J: Yugashiji-ron) Vol. 9
Unknown Artist, Late Nara period, dated 779
Handscroll remounted as a folding book; ink on paper with temple name stamped in black ink; from Ishiyama-dera, Otsu City
8th 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
Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 49, The Ivy (Yadorigi)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The forty-ninth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th 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
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 centuryJapaneseManuscripts
A Discussion of Monk's Attire (Niehen)
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
Story About George Washington (Tsūzoku Washinton-den)
Tamenaga Shunsui II, 19th century
Paper-cord-bound book; ink on paper
19th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 50, The Eastern Cottage (Azumaya)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The fiftieth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
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
Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra; Japanese: Hannya-shin-gyō), in running script (gyōsho)
Konoe Yorakuin Iehiro, Mid Edo period, dated 1713 (Shōtoku 3, 10th month, 17th day)
Handscroll; ink on paper
18th centuryJapanese