Collection: Artwork and Prints

Amida Shoju Raigozu and Ni so Nandara (The Descent of Amida and Ten Attendants, and Two Patriarch Mandala), Circa 1650-1750. Two Paintings of the Welcoming Descent of the Amida Nyorai and Attendants, and Mandala of the Patriarchs and Bodhisattvas

Senju Kannon Bosatsu, or the Forty-Two-Armed Sahasrabhuja Avalokiteśvara, Circa 1400-1500. A Rare Silk Painting of the Eleven Headed, Thousand Armed Buddha, Uncommonly Depicted with Fourteen Faces

Amida Sanzonbutsu (Welcoming Descent of the Amida Buddha Triad), Circa 1650-1750. A Vibrantly Painted Depiction of Amida Nyorai, Kannon and Seishi Bodhisattva

Amida Sanzonbutsu (Welcoming Descent of the Amida Buddha Triad), Circa 1250-1350. A Rare and Well-Preserved Illuminated Painting of Amida Nyorai, Kannon and Seishi Bodhisattva

A Dishevelled and Ghostly Yurei Standing atop Flames, Circa 1830-1870. A Yurei-zu Silk Painting of an Undead Spirit, Likely an Onryo. Previously Owned by Former Class A War Criminal Sasakawa Ryoichi

A Ghostly Yurei Standing Aside Reeds and Flame, Circa 1800-1850. A Yurei-zu Painting of an Undead Spirit with Blackened Teeth, Likely an Onryo

Suiten of the Twelve Devas, or Juniten, Circa 1250–1333. A Painting of the Japanese Buddhist Guardian Deity of Water, attributed to a Kamakura Period Artist

Tethered Birds of Prey, Circa 1625-1656/After 1670(?). Two Masterful Paintings of Hawks, Copied After Soga Chokuan, and Bearing the Artist Seals of his Son

Seichū Hishi Meimei Gaden (Pictorial Biographies of the Loyal Retainers), 1869. A Near Complete Set of 49 of 50 Ukiyo-E Prints Depicting the 47 Ronin, and only Lacking the Preface Print

The Benzaiten Mandala, Circa 1500-1600. A Magnificently Painted and Illuminated Miniature Format Depiction of the Uga-Benzaiten, and the Goddess’ Children or Disciples

Muryōgi Kyō (Sutra of Infinite Meanings), Copied Colophon of 1186 but Late 18th to Mid 19th Century. A Rare Illuminated Handscroll of the Second Chapter of this Mahayana Buddhist Text, Copied after one of the Early Kamakura Period Examples

Miàofǎ Lián Pú Jīng Guānshìyīn Púsà Pǔ Mén Pǐn Dì Ershíwǔ (The Lotus Sutra, Chapter Twenty-Five: Universal Gate of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva), In the Style of Circa 1150-1200(?) Manuscripts, or Later. Illuminated Handscroll