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A Block for Pounding Cloth (Kinuta) and Poem

A Block for Pounding Cloth (Kinuta) and Poem, 1791 - 1871

Ōtagaki Rengetsu

Illustrated Story of Skeletons (Ikkyū gaikotsu emaki)

Illustrated Story of Skeletons (Ikkyū gaikotsu emaki), 1394 - 1481

After Ikkyū Sōjun

Two Views of the Buddhist Deity Harîtî (Japanese: Karitei)

Two Views of the Buddhist Deity Harîtî (Japanese: Karitei), 789 - 825

After Monk Chisen

Poet Ariwara no Motokata (d. 953), from an illustrated Competition of Poems from Different Periods (Jidai fudō uta-awase)

Poet Ariwara no Motokata (d. 953), from an illustrated Competition of Poems from Different Periods (Jidai fudō uta-awase), 1198 - 1275

Attributed to Fujiwara Tameie

A painted hand scroll with four large figures side by side and dressed in orange robes with circles behind their heads. There is a smaller, blue-skinned figure also dressed in orange. They are sitting cross-legged on lotuses. One larger figure is encircled by smaller figures that are dressed in detailed orange attires.

Seven Forms of Avalokitesvara (Kannon Bosatsu), Vol. 6 of the Iconographic Compendium (Zuzōshō)

Japanese

Tree and Rocks in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Tree and Rocks in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Flowering Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Flowering Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Rock and Grass in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Rock and Grass in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Flowering Branches in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Flowering Branches in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Bamboo and Rock in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Bamboo and Rock in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Fruiting Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Fruiting Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Fruiting Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Fruiting Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Fruiting Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Fruiting Branch in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Flowering Branches in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Flowering Branches in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Bird Flying Amidst Plum Blossoms -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Bird Flying Amidst Plum Blossoms -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Fruit (Persimmon and Three Yellow Tangerines) -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Fruit (Persimmon and Three Yellow Tangerines) -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Fruit (Three Buddha's Hand Citrons) -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Fruit (Three Buddha's Hand Citrons) -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Manuscript of the Munsha’at (Letters) by Sharaf Munshi

Manuscript of the Munsha’at (Letters) by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Folio with ownership notes; text (notes recto, text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Folio with ownership notes; text (notes recto, text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian