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Pagoda

Japanese

Five-Prong Vajra (Gokosho), or Buddhist Thunderbolt

Five-Prong Vajra (Gokosho), or Buddhist Thunderbolt

Japanese

Printed Images (inbutsu) of Buddha Amitabha (Amida), from Jōruri-ji, Kyoto

Printed Images (inbutsu) of Buddha Amitabha (Amida), from Jōruri-ji, Kyoto

Japanese

Chakra (Rimpō), or Wheel of the Buddhist Law

Chakra (Rimpō), or Wheel of the Buddhist Law

Japanese

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 30: end 25 - mid 27 (recto), Sura 30: mid 27 - mid 28 (verso)

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 30: end 25 - mid 27 (recto), Sura 30: mid 27 - mid 28 (verso)

Persian

Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves

Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves

Chinese

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Mir `Ali Haravi

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Mir `Ali Haravi

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Mir `Ali Haravi

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Mir `Ali Haravi

Lovers with Pomegranate (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, left-hand side of a bifolio

Lovers with Pomegranate (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, left-hand side of a bifolio, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Attributed to Mir `Ali Haravi

Two Sufis: Two Temperaments (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso); folio from a manuscript

Two Sufis: Two Temperaments (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso); folio from a manuscript

Painting by Daulat

Vertical landscape of tall pine trees at the bottom cascading up into a mountainous landscape.　

River Landscape, 1697 - 1752

Sakaki Hyakusen 彭城百川

Portrait of a seated young Japanese woman in a kimono, brushing her neck with a small red flat brush.

Woman Powdering Her Neck, 1880 - 1921

Hashiguchi Goyō 橋口五葉

Portrait of a seated young Japanese woman in a red kimono faces and looks to the right.

Before the Mirror, 1898 - 1972

Itō Shinsui

Perspective view of a busy crowded street filled with people and wooden structures on both sides.　

Perspective View of Shin Yoshiwara in the Evening (Uki-e Shin Yoshiwara yūgure zu), 1735 - 1814

Utagawa Toyoharu 歌川豊春

Vertical landscape scene with a bridge full of people walking in two lines up towrads left, with mountains in background.　

Okazaki, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 16: begin 81 - end 82 (recto), Sura 16: 83 - mid 85 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 16: begin 81 - end 82 (recto), Sura 16: 83 - mid 85 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Arab

A seated Japanese woman dressed in kimono layers looks left over her shoulder at the silver moon in upper left.

Moon Viewing, 1790 - 1848

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

A Japanese man leans into a small platform, holding a puppet of a Japanese woman.

Puppeteer Holding a Puppet on a Go Board, 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

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