Highlights of the Collection

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

Lidded brazier with paulownia and geometric design

Mandala of Han’nya Bosatsu (般若曼荼羅)

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

Long-necked jar with perforated base

Aizen Myōō (愛染明王)

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (竹林七賢)

The Thirty-sixth Stage, from Zenzai Dōji’s Fifty-five Pilgrimages (華厳五十五所絵巻), also known as Zenzai Dōji emaki (善財童子絵巻)

Bottle with flared mouth and combed pattern

Deer Mandala of the Kasuga Shrine (春日鹿曼荼羅)

Pair of rank badges (hyungbae, 胸背) with double cranes

Sutra box with lotus

Niu Myōjin (丹生明神)

From Jin’ōji engi emaki (神於寺縁起絵巻)

One Hundred Children at Play

Stacked food boxes (jūbako, 重箱) with taro plants and chrysanthemums

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

Bo Ya Plays the Qin as Zhong Ziqi Listens (伯牙弾琴)

Enkitsu (Ch. Yanjie, 燕姞) with Orchids; Yō Kihi (Ch. Yang Guifei, 楊貴妃) with Peonies

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)

Setsubun Festival at Sensōji (浅草寺節分)

Portrait of a Lady

Bamboo and Plums in Early Spring

Flowers of Spring; Flowers of Autumn

Wakamiya of the Kasuga Shrine (春日若宮)

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

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

Irises and Moth

Flowers of the Four Seasons

Pheasants and Azaleas; Golden Pheasants and a Loquat Tree

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

Water Buffalo and Herdboy

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

Aizen Mandala (愛染曼荼羅)

Lady from “Kawachigoe” (河内越), episode 23 of Ise monogatari (伊勢物語)

Blossoming Cherry Trees

Courtesan and Her Attendants under a Willow Tree

Tea caddy (natsume, 棗) with autumn fire

Quail, Sparrows, and Millet

Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening