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Various Noh Performances, Circa 1850-1900. A Suite of Ten Highly Detailed Silk Paintings, Depicting Various Plays and Scenes, Accentuated with Gold

Tuzoku Kanso Gundan, Circa 1850-1860. Volumes 5 and 6 of this Shunga Series, with Erotic Woodblock Illustrations

Kusozu (The Nine Stages of Decay), Circa 1800-1850. A Set of Nine Silk Paintings on Kusozu, Depicting the Process from when a Beautiful Woman Dies to when she Decays and Ends up in her Grave, Gruesomely Depicted

Kusozu Emakimono (The Nine Phases Picture Scroll, Circa 1800-1850. A Handscroll of Ten Paintings on The Nine Stages of Decay, Depicting the Process from when a Beautiful Woman Dies to when she Decays and Ends up in her Grave, Gruesomely Depicted

Jū ni-kagetsu Fūzoku Emakimono (Twelve Months of Customs Picture Scroll), Circa 1665-1690. Over 50 Beautiful Paintings from the Kano School, and Poetry Throughout, In Two Scrolls

Jūnirui Uta-awase (Poetry Contest of Twelve), Circa 1603-1650. Emakimono Handscroll Depicting a Poetry Contest Between the Twelve Zodiac Animals, Satirizing Early Poetry Challenges. 12 Charming Paintings and an Illuminated Frontispiece

Tosa kō Shū Juni-rui Kassen Emaki (Tosa Hirochika’s Picture Scrolls of the Twelve Zodiac Animals Battle), 1852. Emakimono Set of Two Scrolls Depicting an Illustrated Beast Fable, of the Twelve Zodiac Animals against the Beast Army

Genji e Shikishi Gachō (Genji Picture Colored Paper Sketchbook), Circa 1550-1600. A Masterfully Illuminated and Hand Painted Selection of Seven Yamato-E Paintings and Seven Sheets of of Calligraphy, of Different Chapters from the Tale of Genji

Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets), Circa 1640-1691. An Incomplete, But Sumptuously Painted and Large, Rare Set of 25 of the 36 Immortal Women Poets, by one of the Tosa School Heads, and Head Imperial Court Painter

Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji), Circa 1603-1650. A Sumptuously Illuminated and Hand Painted Series of Twenty-Seven Yamato-E Paintings, Comprising of Different Chapters, all Masterfully Produced

Nara Ehon Bunsho Soshi (Nara Picture Book Bunsho Soshi), 1456. A Complete Set of Three Medieval Manuscripts, with A Suite of Fourteen Sumptuously Illuminated and Hand Painted Illustrations

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