18th-19th century
H. 44.1 x W. 22.7 cm (17 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseThe twelfth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseTwelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseHandscroll converted into an "orihon" (folded book) (at Ishiyama-dera in 1787); ink on paper, with white punctuation marks and red correction marks
8th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
ChineseInk, gold and silver on paper
19th centuryPersianInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
ChineseHanging scroll; ink on paper
ChineseOne of a pair of hanging scrolls now mounted as the fifth and sixth panels of a ten-panel folding screen; ink on yellow-tinted paper decorated with auspicious emblems and scholar's accoutrements (censer set, brushpot, vases with flowering branches, scholar's rocks on wooden stands, etc.) amidst scrolling clouds, the decorations all painted in ink; with signature of the artist reading "Wi-ch'ang"; with three seals of the artist reading "O Se Ch'ang In", "Wi Ch'ang" and "Wi Chi Chae P'il"
19th-20th centuryKoreanThe second of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapanese