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Japanese Manuscript Sketchbook of Various Plants and Birds, 19th Century. 20 Pages of Pen and Ink Illustrations. Likely for Crafts

Japanese Manuscript Sketchbook of Various Plants, Ceramics, and Birds, With One Full-Page Illustration of a Bonsai, 19th Century. 27 Pages of Pen and Ink Illustrations. Likely for Crafts

Senzai Wakashu Gajo (Collection of a Thousand Years Illustrated Collection), Circa 1650-1750. A Rare and Sumptuously Illuminated Manuscript of Books 8-10 of this Imperially Commissioned Anthology of Japanese Poetry, with 47 Large Paintings

Senzai Wakashu Gajo (Collection of a Thousand Years Illustrated Collection), Circa 1650-1750. A Rare and Sumptuously Illuminated Manuscript of Books 1-3 of this Imperially Commissioned Anthology of Japanese Poetry, with 46 Yamato-E Paintings

Kanshin Jippokai Zu (Picture of the Ten Directional Realms for Contemplating the Mind), Circa 1669, Kanbun Era. Hand Colored Woodblock Print Illustration of the Realms of Rebirth and Enlightenment

Landscape of Flowing Mountains and Forests, Circa 1800-1900. A Beautiful Ink Wash Painting by an Unknown Literati Painter, Cleverly Forging Wang Hui’s Signature and Artist Seals

Willow-and-Moon Kannon (Yoryu Kannon, or Avalokiteśvara), Circa 1750-1850. An Impressive Silk Painting of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Beautifully Highlighted with Gold Ink

Kusunoki Masashigeko Jisan Koryu Shita? (Kusunoki Masashige’s Self-Praise of the Lonely Dragon Tongue), Circa 1330-1336. A Rare Silk Hata-Jirushi War Banner, attributed to a Famed Samurai of the Nanboku-chō Period

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