ManuscriptsJapanese
Book or Album
Dimensions
19.9 x 14.4 cm (7 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
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Sanskrit Prayer Formula printed over a Hakubyō Narrative Drawing (fragment of Bonji Darani-kyō)
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 48, Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi)
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Anthology of Waka and Chinese Poems (Wakan rōei shū) edited by Fujiwara Kintō (966-1041)
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12th-14th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Various Diseases of Horses and Their Treatments (Ba-isho), 1st of 2 Volumes
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 27, The Cressents (Kagaribi)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The twenty-seventh of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
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Calligraphic Section of "Korean Acrobats Performing on Horseback"
Unknown Artist, Mid to Late Edo period, 18th-19th century
Handscroll fragment, unmounted: one of two (text); ink on paper
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