Seven Songs for Koto Music with its Brief History (Kinkyoku-shō)

Twelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper

7th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

54th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

Twelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper

Handscroll; ink on paper decorated with gold and silver sunago, other patterns

1st of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

Handscroll fragment; gold ink on indigo-dyed paper; excavated in 1671 at Kimbusen-ji sutra mound, Mount Yoshino, Nara prefecture

Fragment mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper with gold, silver, other designs

Twelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper

Twelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper

28th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

26th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper