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Fifty Nō Plays, Illustrated (Yōkyoku gojū-ban) in 10 Volumes

Fifty Nō Plays, Illustrated (Yōkyoku gojū-ban) in 10 Volumes, 1617 - 1691

Signed by Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起

Illustrated Story of Yuriwaka (Yuriwaka Daijin) in 3 Volumes

Illustrated Story of Yuriwaka (Yuriwaka Daijin) in 3 Volumes

Japanese

The Forty-two Quarrels, illustrated, with text (Shijūni no monoarasoi)

The Forty-two Quarrels, illustrated, with text (Shijūni no monoarasoi)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2: mid 229 - mid 231 (recto), Sura 2: 231- begin 233 (verso)

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2: mid 229 - mid 231 (recto), Sura 2: 231- begin 233 (verso)

Arab

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 28: mid 78 - begin 79 (recto), Sura 28: mid 79 - mid 80 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 28: mid 78 - begin 79 (recto), Sura 28: mid 79 - mid 80 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Arab

A rectangular scroll depicting a tall rock form with a man looking up at it. The scroll has much writing in Chinese at the top.

The Chinese Scholar Mi Fu (1051-1107) Paying Homage to a Fantastic Rock, 1808 - 1893

Hŏ Ryŏn 허련 許鍊 (also known as So-ch'i and Ma-hil)

Portrait of a bearded man with a frown and furrowed brow, simple lines define his seated body.　　

Daruma, 1568 - c. 1654

Fūgai Ekun 風外慧薫

Nine Japanese people in kimonos and robes hang out on a wooden deck viewing Mt. Fuji in the center background.　

Sazai Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakan-ji Sazaidō), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) , 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

A large monkey dressed in orange robes with green and gold accents and boots walks forward facing left.　

The Monkey King Sun Wukong (Jp. Songokū), 1786? - 1868

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Gathering of objects including the corner of a Japanese screen on left, open book, and screened container on right.

The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase), 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mortuary Plaque with Epitaph for Lady Pak of Pannam (third from a set of four plaques)

Mortuary Plaque with Epitaph for Lady Pak of Pannam (third from a set of four plaques)

Korean

Manuscript of Ghazals by Amir Khusraw and Jami

Manuscript of Ghazals by Amir Khusraw and Jami

Persian

Manuscript of the Qur'an

Manuscript of the Qur'an

Ottoman

A Compendium of Seals on Japanese and Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings (Wakan shoga inshū)

A Compendium of Seals on Japanese and Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings (Wakan shoga inshū)

Japanese

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