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.)
Album leaf; ink on paper; with artist signature reading Ming Chip shu (i.e., Mingqiu shu); with three seals of the artist; written in Bold Black Script
21st centuryChineseHandscroll; ink on paper
17th-19th centuryJapaneseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseTwo book pages mounted as an album leaf; ink on mica-coated paper
12th centuryJapaneseTwelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseHandscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; gold on purple-dyed paper
9th centuryJapaneseFragment of a book mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and vermillion marks on paper
12th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on mica-coated paper with silver and gold designs
17th centuryJapanese38th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseInk, gold and silver on paper
19th centuryPersianInk on paper
ChineseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapanese