ManuscriptsJapanese15th century

Linked Verses (Renga) on the topic "What Boat?"

Muromachi period, dated 1474

Artists

Monk SenjunArtist

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Handscroll; ink, gold and silver on "kumogami" (cloud-pattern dyed paper)

Culture

Japanese

Period

Muromachi period, 1392-1568

Century

15th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Manuscripts

Fragment of Ta-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-to-ching (Mahâprajnâpâramitâ-sûtra)

Unknown Artist, 7th-10th century

Portion of a handscroll; ink on saffron paper

7th-10th centuryChinese

Manuscripts

One Leaf from "Buddhist Manuscript: Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses (Sanskrit: Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita)" (Folio )

Unknown Artist, early 12th century

Double-sided, detached leaf from an incomplete manuscript; ink on palm leaf

12th centuryNepalese

Manuscripts

Folio 1 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Frontispiece, Fatiha (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1868-1869

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryOttoman

Manuscripts

One Leaf from "Buddhist Manuscript: Collection of Dharanis" (Folio )

Unknown Artist, 1714

Double-sided, detached leaf from an incomplete manuscript; ink, color, and gold on black paper

18th centuryNepalese

Manuscripts

Folio 133 (text recto and verso) from a Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz

Unknown Artist, c. 1530

Manuscripts

Rubaiyyat Anthology (text, recto and verso), illuminated folio from a manuscript of Chaghatai poetry

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryOttoman?

Manuscripts

Manuscript of the Qur’an with leather binding

Unknown Artist, c. 1480-1500

leather (binding) and ink, gold, and colors on paper (text)

15th centuryPersian

Manuscripts

Folio 3 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Frontispiece, Sura 2: 1-5 (recto), Sura 2: 5-begin 16 (verso)

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryOttoman

Manuscripts

Colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 10), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Unknown Artist, 1817

Ink and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Manuscripts

Folio from an Illustrated Manuscript of a Compendium of Knowledge (Jung), made for Shah Sulayman

Unknown Artist, c. 1669-1670

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th centuryPersian

Manuscripts

Text and Colophon (recto), Notes and Ownership Stamps (verso), folio 33 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Mir Ali al Husayni, 1523

Ink on paper

16th centuryPersian

Manuscripts

Table of Concordance, folio from a Gospel

Unknown Artist, c. 1180

Ink and opaque watercolor on parchment

12th centuryArmenian