Highlights of the Collection

Kosode with plum trees and Chinese poem by Zhang Xiaobiao (章孝標, fl. ca. 830)

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)

Recumbent vessel (yokobe, 横瓶)

Woman in a Black Kimono

Quail, Sparrows, and Millet

Cherry Blossoms

Wakamiya of the Kasuga Shrine (春日若宮)

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

Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening

Bowl with four projections

Wagtail on a Rock

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

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

River and Sky in Evening Snow, from Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers (瀟湘八景 江天暮雪)

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

Cypress Trees

From Jin’ōji engi emaki (神於寺縁起絵巻)

Kumano engi emaki (熊野縁起絵巻)

Flowers of Spring; Flowers of Autumn

Shokoku Mu Tamagawa (諸國六玉川 / Six Tamagawa Rivers from Different Regions)

Rainstorm over a River Village

Water Buffalo and Herdboy

Basin with incised decoration and applied fish

Two Fish in a Pond

Early Spring Landscape

Portrait of a Lady

Jakōneko (麝香猫)

Early Spring Landscape

Daihōkōbutsu kegonkyō (大方廣仏華厳経)

Brewing Tea on a Spring Evening (煎茶圖軸)

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

Peony and Bamboo by a Rock

Flowers of the Four Seasons

Blossoming Cherry Trees

“Utsu no yama” (宇津の山), from episode 9 of Ise monogatari (伊勢物語)

Stem table (takatsuki, 高坏)

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Ox and Herdsman

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

Woman with Battledore and Shuttlecock