Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

Water Moon Avalokiteśvara, or Suwol Gwaneum, Circa 1850-1890. Late Joseon Period Painting Copied after the Goryeo Dynasty Examples, Beautifully Highlighted in Gold Ink

Water Moon Avalokiteśvara, or Suwol Gwaneum, Circa 1900. Late Joseon Period Painting Copied after the Goryeo Dynasty Examples, With a Variety of Colors

Amida Nyorai, Manifesting as Dharmakaya, Circa 1741-1788. Early Edo Silk Painting of the Amida Buddha, with Provenance of the 17th Head Priest of Higashi Honganji Temple

Amida Nyorai, Manifesting as Dharmakaya, Circa 1680-1700. Early Edo Silk Painting of the Amida Buddha, with Provenance of the 16th Head Priest of Higashi Honganji Temple

Amida Nyorai, Manifesting as Dharmakaya, Circa 1336-1500. A Beautifully Illuminated Muromachi Period Silk Painting of the Amida Buddha

Shingon Hoshi Mandara (The Shingon School Star Mandala), Circa 1500-1600. An Extraordinarily Rare Astrology Painting, used in Shingon and Tendai Rituals to Prevent Disasters and Fortune Telling, With 57 Small Medallion Paintings

Shichifukujin (The Seven Gods of Fortune), Circa 1650-1750. An Early to Mid Edo Painting of the Classical Japanese Deities of Fortune and Luck

Jizō Jūō Zu (Jizo Ten Kings), Circa 1850. A Complete Set of 11 Paintings Depicting Jizo Bosatsu and the Ten Kings of Hell in the Courts of Yanluo, With Brutal Scenes of Souls Being Tortured by Oni in the Various Hell Realms of Diyu

Seiryokusansui to aki Kusabana-gun Gan-zu (Blue-Green Landscape with Autumn Flowers and Wild Geese), Circa 1800-1836

Shunjū Sansui-zu (Spring and Autumn Landscapes), Circa 1800-1868. Two Silk Paintings of Heian Spring and Fall Landscapes

Willow-and-Moon Kannon (Yoryu Kannon, or Avalokiteśvara), Circa 1910-1930. A Beautiful Silk Painting of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Painted in Gold against an Indigo Blackground

Kan'non Bosatsu-Zō (The Twin Kannon Bodhisattva Statues), Circa 1700-1750. Two Early Edo Paintings Attributed to the founder of the Nakahashi Kano School, but with Unknown Artist Seals