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The fifty-second of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

The fifty-third of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

The fifty-fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; gold on paper

Handscroll fragment; silver pigment on dark blue paper with silver guide lines

Handscroll; ink on paper

Calligaphic and printed fragments mounted in accordion-fold album; ink, gold and silver on various colored papers

Handscroll 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.

Handscroll converted into an "orihon" (folded book) (at Ishiyama-dera in 1787); ink on paper, with white punctuation marks and red correction marks

Handscroll; ink on yellow-dyed paper; temple seal in darkened cinnabar red

Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; gold on purple-dyed paper

Handscroll fragment; gold ink on indigo-dyed paper; excavated in 1671 at Kimbusen-ji sutra mound, Mount Yoshino, Nara prefecture

Handscroll; ink on paper

Handscroll; ink on paper

Fragment of a book mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and vermillion marks on paper

Folded book; ink on paper with punctuation in vermilion and stamped pagoda design in earth red

Two book pages mounted as an album leaf; ink on mica-coated paper

Handscroll fragment; ink on paper with silver guidelines

Handscroll; ink on paper with gold and silver flakes and cut-gold guidelines

Three handscrolls; ink on paper; punctuation: light red dots; reciting: dark red