Highlights of the Collection

Long-necked jar with perforated base

Landscape with Pavilion

The Ten Ox-Herding Songs (十牛図巻) by the Monk Kakuan (Ch. Guoan, 廓庵; fl. ca. 1150) of Teishū Ryōzan (Ch. Dingzhou Liangshan, 鼎州梁山)

Two Birds on Willow and Peach Trees

Shaka Triad and the Sixteen Rakan (釈迦三尊十六羅漢)

Fujiwara Teika (藤原定家), from Ikkasen isshubon (一歌仙一首本)

Dai Shōjin Bosatsu (大精進菩薩), from Kontai butsugajō (金胎仏画帖)

“Burst Bag” freshwater jar (mizusashi, 水指)

One Hundred Children at Play

Jar

“Fujibakama” (藤袴) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

Seiōgyū (Ch. Zhenghuangniu, 政黄牛); Ikuzanshu (Ch. Yushanzhu, 郁山主)

Lions at the Stone Bridge of Tendaisan (Ch. Tiantaishan, 天台山石橋)

Seated Bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad)

Bukan; Kanzan, Jittoku (豊干; 寒山、拾得)

Kasuga Shrine Mandala (春日宮曼荼羅)

“Kochō” (胡蝶) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

Shide (拾得圖軸)

Two poems from Ogura hyakunin isshu (小倉百人一首)

Basin with incised decoration and applied fish

From Jin’ōji engi emaki (神於寺縁起絵巻)

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Kumano engi emaki (熊野縁起絵巻)

Shakyamuni (Seokka, 釋迦) Triad

God Izanagi (伊弉諾尊) and Goddess Izanami (伊弉冉尊)

From Kako genzai e-ingakyō (過去現在絵因果経)

Bamboo and Plums in Early Spring

Aizen Mandala (愛染曼荼羅)

“Kashiwagi” (柏木) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

From Sumiyoshi monogatari emaki (住吉物語絵巻)

“Wakamurasaki” (若紫) and “Ukifune” (浮舟) chapters of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening

“Yūgao” (夕顔) and “Suzumushi” (鈴虫) chapters of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

Tea caddy (natsume, 棗) with autumn fire

Maebyeong (梅瓶)

“Convenience in Drawing Water” from Jūben (Ten Conveniences, 十便); “Pleasure of Dawn” from Jūgi (Ten Pleasures, 十宜)

Cherry Blossoms

Wagtail on a Rock

Poem from Kokin wakashū (古今和歌集)

The Third Princess (女三宮) with a Cat, from “Wakana I” (若菜上) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)