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Two Manuscript Sketchbooks of Various Compositions, Circa 1820-1854. Attributed to a Noted Nanga and Literati Artist Skill in the Southern School Style, with 78 Pages of Inked Landscapes, Figures, and Much More. Books 4-5

Kana Yomi Juushi Keichihou (Kana Readings of the Fourteen Classics), Circa 1800-1830. Volume Two of Two. Medical Insight on Ancient Acupuncture and Moxibustion, with Six Full-Page Woodblock Anatomy Diagrams

Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems), Circa 1750-1850. An Early Manuscript Edition of this Anthology of Waka Poetry, with 15 Ink Illustrations

Kin Shikishi (Gold Shikishi), Circa 1890-1940. Sixteen Golden Paintings on Silk by Talented Artists of the Meiji to Showa Periods, Including Landscapes, Animals, and the Deity Fukurokuju

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

Shèng mán shī zǐ hǒu yī chéng dà fāngbiàn fāngguǎngjīng (The Great Expedient Means of the Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra), Circa 1700-1800. Korea, or Possibly East Sichuan. An Extraordinarily Rare Manuscript. with 69 Full Pages of Illustrations.

Fu Shuo Yueguang Tongzi Jing (The Buddha Speaks the Sutra of the Moonlight Boy), 1271. An Extraordinarily Rare and Complete Two Fascicle Set of Sutras. 30 Pages of Golden Sutras, and 32 Pages of Sumptuously Painted Illustrations

Fu Shuo Dasheng bai fu xiang jing (The Buddha Speaks the Mahayana Sutra of One Hundred Blessings), Dated 1099, But Circa 1270-1300. 34 Pages of Golden Sutras, and 20 Pages of Sumptuously Painted Illustrations

Fóshuō Wúliàngshòu Jīng (The Buddha Speaks the Infinite Life Sutra), 1376. An Extraordinarily Rare and Complete Seven Fascicle Set of Sutras. Over 200 Pages of Golden Sutras, and More than 60 Pages of Sumptuously Painted Illustrations

Fú Shuō Dà'ān Bān Shǒu Yì Jīng (The Buddha Speaks the Great Anapanasati Sutra), Dated 1099, but Circa 1270-1300. Over 100 Pages of Golden Sutras, and 36 Pages of Sumptuously Painted Illustrations

Four Tanzaku Strips of Waka Poetry by a Merchant and Samurai of the Owari Domain, Circa 1800-1860. Late Edo Period Examples of Highly Decorated Poetry by Figures of the Late Edo and Meiji Periods

A Collection of Four Tanzaku Strips of Waka Poetry, Circa 1336-1573. Extravagantly Painted and Excellent Calligraphy with Golden Trees, Clouds, A Bird, and Sprays in the Background