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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

Kyō Bushō Iboku Makimono (Scrolls of Calligraphy Left by Famous Generals), Circa 1271-1390. Seven Rare Letters by Various Warlords of the Kamakura and Muromachi Periods, With Participants of the Nanboku-chō and Genkō Wars

Unidentified Waka Calligraphy Attributed to a Student of Fujiwara no Tameyo, Circa 1310-1360. Late Kamakura to Nanbokucho Period Manuscript on a Shikishi Leaf

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

Daikyougoakuzue (Illustrated Guide to the Five Evils of the Great Sutra), 1848. On Impurities and the Afterlife, Vividly Illustrated, with a Complete Kusozu Cycle

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

Etsuhon Fumi Makura, Circa 1750-1800. Two Shunga Volumes Depicting Erotic Woodblock Illustrations

Shinran Shōnin Goichidaiki Zue (Illustrated Account of the Life of Saint Shinran), 1855. Heavily Illustrated with Almost 100 Woodblock Illustrations

Kamei Kō Hyakunin Isshu (Lord Kamei’s Hundred Poems, Hundred Poets, Circa 1577-1612. A Beautiful Handscroll of Manuscript Calligraphy, on Ten Differently Patterned Sheets, by a Sengoku Daimyo