Toba-e gacho

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

An Illustrated Popular Story by Shikitei Kosanba (Misao-Kurabe Yasa Gunpai), 3rd of 3 volumes

Utagawa Sadahide, Late Edo period, dated 1836

Third of three thread-bound books (kusazōshi); ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Certificate From a Master of the Hiki School of Archery to a Disciple in 1623 (Hiki-ryū kyūjutsu yurushi-jō)

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, dated 1623

Handscroll; ink on decorated paper with pine, bamboo, willow, flower in gold

17th centuryJapanese

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 centuryJapanese

Section of the Hakkenden (Inu no sōshi)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, dated 1848

Paper-cord-bound book; ink on paper; (kusazōshi)

19th centuryJapanese

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 32, The Plum Tree Branch (Umegae)

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

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 22, The Tendril Wreath (Tamakazura)

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

Secrets of Judging Horses (Kyokutai uma no shidai)

Nagao Kagehiro, Early Edo period, 1623

Unmounted handscroll; ink and light color on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 48, Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi)

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