17th-18th century
H. 23.7 x W. 18 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Handscroll fragment; gold ink on indigo-dyed paper; excavated in 1671 at Kimbusen-ji sutra mound, Mount Yoshino, Nara prefecture
17th-20th centuryJapanese1st of 5 thread-bound books; ink, gold and silver on paper; some colored paper
16th-17th centuryJapaneseThe first of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscript in thread-bound book form: ink on tinted paper decorated with gold and silver underdrawings
17th centuryJapanese
Ink on paper
20th centuryJapaneseTanzaku (long, slender poem slip) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on indigo-dyed paper with cloud pattern
12th-14th centuryJapanese29th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseSecond of three handscrolls; ink on paper; punctuation: light red dots; reciting: dark red
10th-12th centuryJapaneseAlbum leaf; ink on paper
ChineseInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianTwelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
Chinese