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Calligrapher's License, folio from an album

Calligrapher's License, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Malik al-Vahab Mustafa Rafai

Calligraphic Portrait of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib

Calligraphic Portrait of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib

Calligraphy by Ibrahim Danishpishah (Zarin-Qalam)

Nightmare of Zahhak (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Nightmare of Zahhak (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Calligraphy by Shah Mahmud al-Nayshaburi

Verses by Hafiz (recto and verso), folio from an album

Verses by Hafiz (recto and verso), folio from an album

Calligraphy by Muhammad al-Abrishami al-Mashhadi

Didactic Verses by Sa'di, folio from an album

Didactic Verses by Sa'di, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali al-Katib al-Sultani

Calligraphy: Sonnet XXXVII (Shakespeare), 1961, (W90)

Calligraphy: Sonnet XXXVII (Shakespeare), 1961, (W90), 1943 - 1987

Christopher Wilmarth

A frowning man with furrowed eyebrows lunges forward looking to the right.

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō), 1839 - 1892

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

Bookbinding for a Qur'an

Bookbinding for a Qur'an

Persian

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), died 1566

Konoe Tane'ie

"One-Finger Zen" of Monk Chü-chih

"One-Finger Zen" of Monk Chü-chih, 1608 - 1646

Isshi Bunshu

Letter Written by Ashikaga Yoshimasa

Letter Written by Ashikaga Yoshimasa, 1435 - 1490

Ashikaga Yoshimasa

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

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

Japanese

Ishiyama-gire Page: Poems of Lady Ise

Ishiyama-gire Page: Poems of Lady Ise, 1088 - 1156?

Traditionally attributed to Fujiwara Sadanobu

Quotation from Linji

Quotation from Linji, 1718 - 1804

Jiun Onkō

Zen Saying

Zen Saying, 1685 - 1768

Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴

Poem on a Winter Theme (Waka shikishi)

Poem on a Winter Theme (Waka shikishi), 1565 - 1614

Attributed to Konoe Nobutada 近衛信尹

Tale of the Pagoda Made of Sand, Text Fragment from the Illustrated "Tales of Three Jewels" (Sambō-ekotoba) from Tōdai-ji, Nara

Tale of the Pagoda Made of Sand, Text Fragment from the Illustrated "Tales of Three Jewels" (Sambō-ekotoba) from Tōdai-ji, Nara, 1055 - 1129

Traditionally attributed to Minamoto no Toshiyori

The Poetry Contest of 1299 (Shōan gannen goshu uta awase)

The Poetry Contest of 1299 (Shōan gannen goshu uta awase), 1584 - 1639

Attributed to Shōkadō Shōjō

Model Calligraphy Text from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Model Calligraphy Text from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), 1332 - 1403

Attributed to Prince Sondō

Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-haramitta-kyō) Vol. 244

Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-haramitta-kyō) Vol. 244

Japanese

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