Highlights of the Collection

Landscape

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)

“Burst Bag” freshwater jar (mizusashi, 水指)

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

Kumano engi emaki (熊野縁起絵巻)

Ibaraki (茨木)

Daihōkōbutsu kegonkyō (大方廣仏華厳経)

Cypress Trees

Lilies and Hydrangeas; Hollyhocks

Bamboo and Plums in Early Spring

Tea bowl with indented lip

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

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

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

Maebyeong (梅瓶)

Mu Tamagawa (六玉川)

Two Birds on Willow and Peach Trees

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

Soshoku (Ch. Su Shi) on a Donkey (蘇軾騎驢)

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

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

Mirror with handle

Sutra box with lotus

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

Bamboo Window on a Rainy Day

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

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

Crossing a Mountain Bridge with a Zither

Jizō Playing a Flute (笛吹地蔵)

Snow, Cherry Blossoms, and Moon (Yoshiwara in Three Seasons)

From Kako genzai e-ingakyō (過去現在絵因果経)

Shakyamuni (Seokka, 釋迦) Triad

Jakōneko (麝香猫)

From Jin’ōji engi emaki (神於寺縁起絵巻)

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

Early Spring Landscape

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

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

Seiryū Gongen (清滝権現)

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)