Late Heian period, circa 12th century
H. 24.8 x W. 17.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 in.)
Handscroll; ink on paper with gold and silver flakes and cut-gold guidelines
12th centuryJapaneseHandscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper decorated with ink, color, silver pigment, scattered gold- and silver-leaf, and cut-gold ruled lines
12th centuryJapaneseBook page now mounted as an album leaf in "shikishi" (poem-slip) format
12th centuryJapaneseThree handscrolls; ink on paper; punctuation: light red dots; reciting: dark red
10th-12th centuryJapaneseTanzaku (long, slender poem slip) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on indigo-dyed paper with cloud pattern
12th-14th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper with sunago (gold and silver flakes); gold guide lines
12th-14th centuryJapaneseFirst of three handscrolls; ink on paper; punctuation: light red dots; reciting: dark red
10th-12th centuryJapaneseHandscroll fragment; ink on paper with silver guidelines
12th-13th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper with silver and gold-flecked top and bottom margins
11th-12th centuryJapaneseUnmounted ten-line calligraphic fragment; gold and silver inks on dyed paper with designs of birds, butterflies and flowers
12th centuryJapaneseTwo book pages mounted as an album leaf; ink on mica-coated paper
12th centuryJapaneseFramed handscroll fragment; ink and color on paper
12th-14th centuryJapanese