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"The Bodhisattva of Wondrous Sound," Chapter 24 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) with Frontispiece, commissioned by Retired Emperor Gomizuno-o (1605-1680) in memory of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起, Early Edo period, circa 1667

Handscroll; gold and silver pigments on indigo-dyed paper; frontispiece painted in gold, silver, ink, and color on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

Illustrated "Vajra-Sckhara-yoga-homa-kolpa" (J: Kongōchō-yuga-goma) sutra from Jingo-ji, Takao

Unknown Artist, Late Heian period, probably 12th century

Handscroll; gold and silver pigments on dark blue paper

12th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

The Return from the Flight into Egypt

Muhammad Zaman, 1689

Ink, color and gold on paper

17th centuryPersian

Paintings with Calligraphy

Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga), Illustration and Calligraphic Excerpt to Chapter 7 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, Early Edo period

Two album leaves mounted as hanging scrolls; ink, color and gold on paper

17th-19th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga), Illustration and Calligraphic Excerpt to Chapter 7 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, 17th century

Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

17th-19th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga), Illustration and Calligraphic Excerpt to Chapter 7 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, 17th century

Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

17th-19th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

Sâkyamuni Preaching the Law, from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 400

Unknown Artist, Late Heian period, circa 1175

Handscroll; gold and silver ink on blue paper, from Chūson-ji, Hiraizumi

12th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

Book of Buddhist Chants (Shōmyō-shū), a Collection of Verses for Chanting Sabda-Vidya

Unknown Artist, Late Kamakura

Bound folding book with decorated paper covers; ink on paper with annotations in

14th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

Poem by Rengetsu with Chestnut painting by Renzan (1802-1859) (Kuri no esan)

Ōtagaki Rengetsu, 19th century

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Paintings with Calligraphy

Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō), Chapter 21: Section Describing the Transcendent Powers of the Tathagata

Unknown Artist, Late Heian period, circa 12th century

Handscroll; gold on indigo-dyed paper

12th centuryJapanese