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Suma, Chapter 12 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Suma, Chapter 12 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), 1155 - 1225

Style of Monk Jien

Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Design of Sanskrit Syllable for Buddha Amitabha (Amida)

Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Design of Sanskrit Syllable for Buddha Amitabha (Amida)

Japanese

Seated Bodhisattva of Wisdom with Five Tufts of Hair (Gokei Monju)

Seated Bodhisattva of Wisdom with Five Tufts of Hair (Gokei Monju)

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

Sanskrit Diamond World Mandala (Shuji Kongōkai mandara)

Sanskrit Diamond World Mandala (Shuji Kongōkai mandara)

Japanese

Sanskrit Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara)

Sanskrit Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara)

Japanese

Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Design of Pagoda (Gorinto) and Sanskrit Syllable for Buddha Vairochana (Dainichi), from Shōtō-ji (subtemple of Hōshō-ji), Kyoto

Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Design of Pagoda (Gorinto) and Sanskrit Syllable for Buddha Vairochana (Dainichi), from Shōtō-ji (subtemple of Hōshō-ji), Kyoto

Japanese

Rice-Grain Pagoda with Sanskrit character for "Dainichi" written on one side, from Murō-ji

Rice-Grain Pagoda with Sanskrit character for "Dainichi" written on one side, from Murō-ji

Japanese

Pagoda

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

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

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

Orchids and Rock

Orchids and Rock, 1832 - 1914

Hak-kyo Chŏng

The Poet's Visit to an Indian Temple (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript of Bustan of Sa'di

The Poet's Visit to an Indian Temple (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript of Bustan of Sa'di

Persian

Printed Nō Play with Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu (Kōetsu-bon Yōkyoku), Vol. 1

Printed Nō Play with Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu (Kōetsu-bon Yōkyoku), Vol. 1, 1571 - 1632

Published by Suminokura Soan

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