ManuscriptsJapanese

Book or Album

Classification

Manuscripts

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

19.9 x 14.4 cm (7 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Manuscripts

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

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Manuscripts

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

Secrets of Judging Horses (Kyokutai uma no shidai)

Nagao Kagehiro, Early Edo period, 1623

Unmounted handscroll; ink and light color on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Manuscripts

Printed Sanskrit (Darani-kyō) Text over Drawing of a Seated Youth

Sakuramachi, 18th-19th century

Unmounted handscroll; ink on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Manuscripts

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

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Manuscripts

Sanskrit Prayer Formula printed over a Hakubyō Narrative Drawing (fragment of Bonji Darani-kyō)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, circa 1250-1300

Handscroll fragment; ink on paper

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Manuscripts

Anthology of Waka and Chinese Poems (Wakan rōei shū) edited by Fujiwara Kintō (966-1041)

Sadanari Sesonji, 12th-14th century

Pair of [large] handscrolls; ink on paper

12th-14th centuryJapanese

Manuscripts

Elegant Mitate Designs (Fūryū mitate moyō)

Unknown Artist, 19th century

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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 11, Falling Flowers (Hanachirusato)

Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516

The eleventh of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

16th centuryJapanese