Highlights of the Collection

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)

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

Raigō of the Amida Triad (阿弥陀三尊来迎)

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

Aizen Mandala (愛染曼荼羅)

“Burst Bag” freshwater jar (mizusashi, 水指)

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

Aizen Myōō (愛染明王)

Landscape with Pavilion

Basin with incised decoration and applied fish

Woman Writing a Letter

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

Long-necked jar with perforated base

Sutra box with lotus

Seiryū Gongen (清滝権現)

Poem from Kokin wakashū (古今和歌集)

Bamboo Window on a Rainy Day

Jizō Playing a Flute (笛吹地蔵)

Jar

Wintry Landscape after Kaku Chūjo (Ch. Guo Zhongshu, 郭忠怒; fl. mid-10th century)

Birds and Flowers of Summer and Autumn

Water Buffalo and Herdboy

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

Quail, Sparrows, and Millet

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

Cypress Trees

From Kitano Tenjin engi emaki (北野天神縁起絵巻)

Ovoid jar with incised decoration

Women Contemplating Floating Fans

Jizō Bosatsu (地蔵菩薩)

Blossoming Cherry Trees

Covered bottle

Bottle with flared mouth and combed pattern

Chakra wheel (rinpō, 輪宝)

Jakōneko (麝香猫)

Lidded brazier with paulownia and geometric design

Wagtail on a Rock

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

Cicada on a Grapevine

Courtesan and Her Attendants under a Willow Tree