17th-18th century
H. 23.7 x W. 18 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Folding fan: ink on gold paper
ChineseHandscroll; ink on paper; gold and silver leaf on back and margins
14th centuryJapaneseThe twenty-third of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseHandscroll converted into an "orihon" (folding book); ink on paper with columnar guidelines in pale ink and punctuation marks in red; Paper covers with pale red printed design and printed label. Dated by inscription.
8th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
ChineseAlbum leaf; ink on paper
ChineseThe twenty-sixth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseLetter mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseThe fiftieth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseAlbum leaf; ink on paper
ChineseHandscroll fragment; gold ink on indigo-dyed paper; excavated in 1671 at Kimbusen-ji sutra mound, Mount Yoshino, Nara prefecture
17th-20th centuryJapanese