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Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 31), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 31), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 32), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 32), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 34), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 34), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) in Two Volumes

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) in Two Volumes, 1805 - 1876

Maekawa Gorei

Story of Devadatta, from Chapter 12 of a Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō); Kasuga Edition, from Kōfuku-ji, Nara

Story of Devadatta, from Chapter 12 of a Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō); Kasuga Edition, from Kōfuku-ji, Nara

Japanese

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) Vol. 2

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) Vol. 2, 1805 - 1876

Maekawa Gorei

Sketches of 41 Japanese Birds (Gunkin shasei zukan)

Sketches of 41 Japanese Birds (Gunkin shasei zukan), 1748 - 1785

Attributed to Satake Shozan

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

Bowl with image of bird and spiral designs

Small Bowl with Peacock

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