CalligraphyJapanese17th-18th century
A Drifting Boat (Ukifune), Chapter 51 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 51st of 54 Volumes
17th-18th century
Dimensions
H. 16.5 x W. 16.3 cm (6 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreCalligraphy
Ten Panel Screen of Calligraphy: Five Couplets by Sin Wi, Yun Yong-ku, O Se-ch'ang, Kim Sŏng-kŭn, and Sŏ Sŭng-po
Unknown Artist, 19th-20th century
Five pairs of hanging scrolls mounted as a folding screen; ink on decorated papers; each couplet with signature and seals of the artist
19th-20th centuryKoreanCalligraphy
Calligraphy Album Leaf
Unknown Artist
Album leaf; ink on paper
ChineseCalligraphy
Poetry-Slip Calligraphed by Kōetsu (Kōetsu shikishi)
Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Early Edo period,
Shikishi-shaped album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
16th-17th centuryJapaneseCalligraphy
Calligraphy Album Leaf
Unknown Artist
Album leaf; ink on paper
ChineseCalligraphy
The Pink (Tokonatsu), Chapter 26 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 26th of 54 Volumes
Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century
26th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseCalligraphy
Fragment of a Buddhist Sutra
Unknown Artist, 11th Century
Ink on paper
ChineseCalligraphy
Calligraphic Composition with the Name 'Ali
Unknown Artist, 19th-20th century
Ink and gold on paper
19th-20th centuryOttomanCalligraphy
Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 8th of 20 Volumes
Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu), Early Edo period, 1625 (11th month)
Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseCalligraphy
Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 12th of 20 Volumes
Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu), Early Edo period, 1625 (11th month)
Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseCalligraphy
Six Ordination Certificates (ninka) [mounted on a board]
Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
Ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseCalligraphy
Selected Verses from the Anthology of Chinese and Japanese Poems for Recitation (Wakan rōeishū)
Prince Dōkō, Early Edo period, circa 1650-1675
Handscroll; ink on paper decorated with gold ink and flecks of gold leaf
17th centuryJapaneseCalligraphy
Fragment of a Buddhist Sutra
Unknown Artist, 11th Century
Ink on paper
Chinese