late 19th-first third 20th century
each couplet: 119.8 x 26.4 cm (47 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Folding book mounted as a handscroll; ink on decorated paper; red punctuation
JapaneseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseThe fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseHandscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on light indigo-dyed paper with gold-leaf foil flakes and gold-ruled lines
11th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
17th centuryJapanese44th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapanese16th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink and light color on satin
19th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
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