Collection: Products

An Exquisitely Hand Painted and Illuminated Initial ‘O’ from a Liturgical Music Manuscript, Late 15th or Early 16th Century. Illuminated Manuscript Cutting on Vellum

An Illuminated Painting Album of Poets and Calligraphy, Circa 1634-1691. A Beautiful Album in the Style of the Sanjurokkasen, or 36 Immortal Poets

Apparatus in Quinque Libros Decretalium, Circa 1350. Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from Pope Innocent IV’s commentary on the Decretals of Gregory IX

Book of Hours Calendar, Use of Paris, Circa 1450. Extravagantly Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum from France, By the Circle of the Master of Jean Rolin II, With Full Borders

Bunsho Soshi (The Tale of Bunsho), Circa 1600-1670. A Beautifully Illuminated and Hand Painted Series of Twenty-Eight Yamato-E Paintings, Likely Made for the Nara Ehon Narrative of Bunsho the Saltmaker and Possibly Another Tale

Calligraphy Album of Waka Poetry and Calligraphy, Circa 1630-1673. 32 Pieces of Beautifully Painted and Illuminated Calligraphy, belonging to the Great-Grandson of Akechi Mitsuhide, Killer of Nobunaga Oda

Chichi Kazan Utsushi Rakan Jo (Father Kazan’s Sha Arhat Book), Circa 1815-1841. Ten Magnificently Illuminated Paintings Depicting the Eighteen Arhats, A Rare Example on Indigo Dyed Paper. Attributed to one of Japan’s Great Literati Artists

Court Painting, Dancers performing the Bugaku Dance(?), accompanied by a Drummer, Circa 1800-1900

Edo Jidai no Fūzoku-shi (A History of Manners and Customs in the Edo Period), Circa 1650-1700. An Exceedingly Rare, Large Silk Emakimono Handscroll with Scenes of Women, Wakashu, and Courtesans, with a Tea Party, Leisure Boats, and a Game of Go

Folding Fan Painting, in the Style of Nara Ehon or Yamato-E Painting, Circa 1800-1850. A Scene from a Heian Period Tale, a Noble Visiting his Love, Hand Painted and Bordered with Gold

Folding Fan Painting, in the Style of Nara Ehon or Yamato-E Painting, Circa 1800-1850. A Scene from a Heian Period Tale, Lovestruck Nobles at Court, and a Female Attendant, Hand Painted and Bordered with Gold

Folding Fan Painting, in the Style of Nara Ehon or Yamato-E Painting, Circa 1800-1850. A Scene from a Heian Period Tale, Lovestruck Nobles at Court, Hand Painted and Bordered with Gold