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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 45, The Maiden of the Bridge (Hashihime)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The forty-fifth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Illustrated Story of Monk Ikkyū (Ikkyū shokoku monogatari zue), 1st of 5 Volumes
Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century
Five thread-bound books; ink on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Salary record from a Nara Buddhist scriptorium
Unknown Artist, Nara period, circa 750
Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
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Subscription for Keiden-ji at the Time of the Temple's Foundation (Keiden-ji kanjin-jō)
Sesonji Koretada, Muromachi period, dated 1487
Handscroll; ink on paper decorated with gold and silver cut-leaf and sunago
15th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Archery (Illustrated Scroll of Arrow Feathers)
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, dated 1658
Handscroll; ink on paper
17th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
A Collection of Poems by Fujiwara no Yoshitsune, 1169-1206 (Akishino gesseishū)
Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, circa 1300
Manuscript book; ink on paper with marks (gatten) in vermillion
13th-14th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 18, Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The eighteenth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Collection of Buddhist Verses for Chanting (Gyozan Taikai Shū)
Gyozan, Muromachi period, circa 1496
Three books mounted as one; ink on paper with cinnabar ink for notations
15th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 38, The Bell Cricket (Suzumushi)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The thirty-eighth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th 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
Illustrated Scroll of the Fujiwara Family's Secret Strategy (Kohyō-hō shokan)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, 1519
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Tokei kandankei yohitsu bon
Unknown Artist
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