late 19th-first third 20th century
each couplet: 123 x 26.4 cm (48 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Thread-bound [manuscript] book form; ink on paper
14th centuryJapaneseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
9th centuryJapaneseUnmounted fan pasted to cardboard; ink on mica-coated paper
19th-20th centuryJapaneseCalligraphic fragments mounted as a handscroll; ink on kumogami (paper decorated with cloud-designs in purple and blue pigments)
14th centuryJapaneseCalligraphed side of a folding fan on carved and inscribed wood frame; gold pigment on indigo-blue paper; inscription on frame in gold
18th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink on paper
ChineseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; pale blue and purple clouds on paper; gold and silver frontispiece
12th-14th centuryJapaneseAccordion-fold album; ink on paper
ChineseInk on paper
ChineseHanging scroll; ink on paper
18th centuryJapanese