ManuscriptsJapanese
Book or Album
Dimensions
19.9 x 14.4 cm (7 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 6, The Safflower (Suetsumuhana)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The sixth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Copy of the Book of Medicinal Herbs (Materia Medica) by Ken'i Ajari (active 1072-1145) (Yakushushō)
Unknown Artist, Late Heian period, mid 12th century
Manuscript book; ink (and red ink for collator's marks) on paper
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 51, A Drifting Boat (Ukifune)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The fifty-first of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
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Sutra of the Greater Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol.143
Unknown Artist, Late Heian period, dated 1160
Folding book mounted [during the Muromachi period] as a handscroll; ink on ōbaku
12th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Handscroll format text "Shinnyokan"
Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
Unmounted handscroll; ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Toba-e gacho
Unknown Artist
Japanese
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Suikoden (Tales of the Water Margin)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Edo period, 1829
Paper cord bound draft book; ink on paper
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One Thousand Linked Verses Dedicated to the Mishima Shrine (Mishima senku) originally composed by Sōgi (1421-1502)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, early 16th century
Book; ink on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Collection of Pictures by Narui (Narui sensei-cho)
Unknown Artist
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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
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Horsemanship of the ōtsubo school (ōtsubo-ryū uma no ezu)
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, 1627
Accordion-fold book; ink, color and gold on paper
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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 centuryJapanese