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17.3 x 15.2 cm (6 13/16 x 6 in.)
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 1, The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The first of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Secret Use of Spear and Halberd, Iizasa School (Iizasa-ryū suyari naginata no densho), Volume II of Two Volumes
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, 1622
Two handscrolls; ink on paper
17th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Tokei kandankei yohitsu bon
Unknown Artist
Japanese
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Text on the Buddhist Rite of Repentance (San Senranchū)
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), 5th of 5 Volumes
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, 1678
Five handscrolls; sumi on bordered paper with gold
17th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Illustrated Story of Monk Ikkyū (Ikkyū shokoku monogatari zue) in 5 Volumes
Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century
Five thread-bound books; ink on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Illustrated Story of Monk Ikkyū (Ikkyū shokoku monogatari zue), 2nd of 5 Volumes
Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century
Five thread-bound books; ink on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Shadows of Ghosts (Bakemono kagei cho)
Unknown Artist
Japanese
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Bakemono gacho
Unknown Artist
Japanese
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A Treatise on Fortune-Telling (Chō ryōma zenka)
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, dated 1676
Accordian-folded book; gold and red on dark-blue paper
17th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Vijñapti-mâtratâ-siddhi-sâstra (Jōyuishiki-ron) Volume 6, a scripture of the Hossō School of Buddhist theology
Unknown Artist, Late Heian period, annotations added 1192
Printed handscroll; ink on paper, with punctuation in vermillion and notes in ink
12th centuryJapanese
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Hannya-shin-gyō (Prajanâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra)
Horiguchi Sozan, Shōwa period, 1950
Handscroll; ink, color, gold and silver on paper
20th centuryJapanese