Calligraphic Mihrab Containing Qur'an Surah 68, verses 51 and 52 (al-Qalam)

Indian

Firman Issued by Fath `Ali Shah Qajar

Persian

Marriage Contract

Persian

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), died 1566

Konoe Tane'ie

Six Sheets of Paper (some double-sided) inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms

Japanese

Poems Compiled by Yoshida Kenkō, 1283-1350 (Kenkō kashū)

Japanese

Waka Poem on Spring Presented to the Kasuga Shrine in Kyoto, 1455 - 1537

Follower of Sanjōnishi Sanetaka

Fragment of a Buddhist Sutra

Chinese

Yakushi Sutra (Yakushi-kyō)

Japanese

Calligraphic Fragments of the 13th-18th Centuries on 'Tanzaku', Mounted on Eight Leaves

Japanese

Section of the Bright Moon Diary (Meigetsu-ki), 1162 - 1241

Fujiwara Teika

Three Kasuga Kaishi (Sheets of Poetry Donated to the Kasuga Shrine, Nara) written by three officials of the Kasuga Shrine, 1198 - 1269

Attributed to Nakatomi no Sukesada

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

Traditionally attributed to Fujiwara Sadanobu

Anthology of Ancient and Modern Verse (Kokin wakashū), 1265 - 1317

Attributed to Retired Emperor Fushimi

"Gentle Yet Dignified", 1891 - 1945

Konoe Fumimaro

Three Waka Poems (Sanshu no waka) from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), 1198 - 1275

Attributed to Fujiwara Tameie

Text of the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), 1579 - 1638

Attributed to Karasumaru Mitsuhiro

Imperial Treatise on Poetry (Yakumo mishō) originally compiled by Emperor Juntoku (1197-1242), 1285 - 1308

Attributed to Retired Emperor Go-Nijō

Anthology of Ancient and Modern Verse (Kokin wakashū), 1338 - 1374

Attributed to Emperor Go-Kōgon

Fragment of the Wakan Rōeishū (Yamashiro-gire), 995 - 1045

Traditionally attributed to Fujiwara Sadayori