Nara period, dated 734
each page (approx.): H. 23.8 x W. 8.1 cm (9 1/2 x 3 3/16 in.) original handscroll: H. 23.8 x W. 730.1 cm (9 1/2 x 287 7/16 in.) book (with cover): H. 24.3 x W. 8.5 cm (9 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
17th centuryJapaneseHandscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; gold on paper
8th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseTanzaku (long, slender poem slip) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on indigo-dyed paper with cloud pattern
12th-14th centuryJapanese52nd of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on decorated paper with gold and silver cloud patterns
14th centuryJapaneseCalligraphic fragments mounted as a handscroll; ink on kumogami (paper decorated with cloud-designs in purple and blue pigments)
14th centuryJapanese20th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseTwo volumes of seven thread-bound fascicles each: ink on paper
13th-14th centuryJapaneseUnmounted book fragment; ink and red pigment on paper (one character written in ink at the right side of each red stamped Buddha)
JapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapanese