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Tsuru Dō Kuge Fukuju Gasan (Kugyou Tsurudo's Paintings of Happiness and Longevity), Circa 1800-1850. A Small Poetry Painting and Calligraphy, Beautifully Bound

Momotaro and Oni in Procession with Treasures, Circa 1850-1868. An Emakimono Handscroll Depicting a Triumphant Peach Boy, Copied after Hokusai’s Example

A Shunga Emakimono of Yokai, Legendary Creatures, Kami, and the Buddha, Circa 1800-1850. A Rare and Rather Unusual Erotic Scroll Featuring Twelve Pairings of Monsters and Deities

The Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang, In Eight Decorated Shikishi Pieces, 1690-1691. A Manuscript Set of Poetry with Calligraphy by Imperial Princes and Nobles of Japan, on Hand Painted, Gold Sheets

Eika Daigai Futoshika no Taigai Dairyaku (The Essentials of Poetic Composition with a Detailed Description of the Body of Poets), Circa 1570-1580. A Handwritten Copy of Teika’s Eiga no Taigai, Copied by Prince Kajiinomiya Oin

Moto Me Hoshi Yo (Priest Sogan’s Training), Circa 1336-1392. Poetical Calligraphy by the Founder of the Sogan School of Calligraphy. Beautifully Decorated with Blue and Purple Ink Clouds, with Two Appraisal Stamps

A Long Letter Attributed to Oishi Yoshio, Chamberlain of Ako Clan, Circa 1650-1700. Written by the Leader of the 47 Ronin

Shijō Dainagon Shinsen Zui nō uta-gaku-sho (Shijo Dainagon’s Newly Selected Essence, a Selected Book of Poetry), 1449. An Illuminated Manuscript Handscroll of Medieval Poetry, after an Exemplary Heian Poet

Konoe-ka hiro-saku “Jū Ni-kagetsu no Tabi” (Twelve Months of Travel by Konoe Iehiro), Circa 1685 - 1736. Calligraphical Poetry with Beautiful Paintings Produced by the Chief Regent and Advisor to Multiple Japanese Emperors

Dà Lè Jīngāng Bù Kōng Zhēnshí Sān Móyé Jīng Bōrě Bōluómì Duō Lǐ Qù Pǐn (The Great Blissful Vajra Unempty Truth Samaya Sutra, the Chapter on the Perfection of Wisdom and Principles), Circa 1185-1333. A Printed Handscroll of the Rishu-kyō Sutra

Ako Gishi Shokan Oishi Chakara-Gai Tanaka (Letters from the Ako Gishi including Oishi Chikara and Others), Circa 1670-1703. An Extraordinary Collection of Twenty-One Letters Written by Members of the 47 Ronin, with Several Kao

Amerika-sō Aishū Uraga Tsu Torai Emaki Ken-ichi and Makuni (Picture Scroll of the Arrival of the Uragazu Migrants from the Sagami Province of America Volumes 1 and 2), Circa 1853. Two Rare Black Ship Scrolls of the Perry Expedition