17th-18th century
H. 23.7 x W. 18 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseFolded book; ink on paper with punctuation in vermilion and stamped pagoda design in earth red
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseThe forty-second of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapanese26th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapanese15th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
7th-8th centuryJapaneseCircular fan piece mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk decorated with dragons in gold, and with signature reading "Xuanhe dian"
12th centuryChineseInk on paper mounted on cloth
20th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
ChineseHandscroll converted into an "orihon" (folded book) (at Ishiyama-dera in 1787); ink on paper, with white punctuation marks and red correction marks
8th centuryJapanese