Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

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 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

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

Muryōgi Kyō (Sutra of Infinite Meanings), Copied Colophon of 1186 but Late 18th to Mid 19th Century. A Rare Illuminated Handscroll of the Second Chapter of this Mahayana Buddhist Text, Copied after one of the Early Kamakura Period Examples

Miàofǎ Lián Pú Jīng Guānshìyīn Púsà Pǔ Mén Pǐn Dì Ershíwǔ (The Lotus Sutra, Chapter Twenty-Five: Universal Gate of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva), In the Style of Circa 1150-1200(?) Manuscripts, or Later. Illuminated Handscroll

Nōkō Fūzoku Ekotoba Makimono (Illustrated Scroll of Agricultural Customs), Circa 1650-1700. A Sumptuously Produced Handscroll on Rice Cultivation, Beautifully Illuminated, with Six Vibrantly Colored, Large Paintings, including Book Production