The Cicada Shell (Utsusemi), Illustration to Chapter 3 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

12 album leaves; ink, color and gold on paper

Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and mica on paper

The ninth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

The fourteenth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

The forty-fourth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Handscroll fragment mounted on brocaded cardboard; ink and color on paper

One of eight paintings mounted in accordion-fold album format; ink, color and gold on paper

The twenty-first of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

The thirty-ninth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

One of twelve album leaves; ink, color and gold on paper

The twentieth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

The eighth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper