Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

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

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

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