Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

Hōhi-gassen and Yō-Mono Dansei-ki Kurabe Emaki (Farting Battle and Phallic Contest Picture Scrolls), Circa 1700-1750. Over Ten Meters of Farting Nobles and Dick Measuring Paintings. What A Strange Title Indeed

Kano Utsunenobu Shōshōhakkei (Kano Tsunenobu's Eight Views of Xiaoxiang), Circa 1700-1750. A Monumental Silk Landscape of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, in Bold Ink Wash Techniques

An Emakimono Handscroll of Coastal Landscapes, Mountains and Bays, Circa 1800-1846. Beautifully Painted in the Southern School Style, and Presented to a Prolific Landscape Artist of the Mid to Late Edo Period

Tentaizan Zenzu (A Complete Map of Mt. Tiantai), Circa 1800-1868. An Emakimono Handscroll Depicting a Magnificent Landscape View of Tiantai Mountain, painted in the Southern School Style

A Monumental Series of Ink Wash Landscapes, with Countless Rocky Hills and Mountainscapes, and Numerous Figures and Buildings, Circa 1600-1700. Sixteen Meters of Paintings

Kano School Emakimono, Circa 1750-1800. A Beautiful Handscroll of Fifteen Paintings and One Sketch, Largely Landscapes and Nature Scenes with Animals

Kyōka Eiri Hyakunin Isshu (The Kyoka Illustrated Hyakunin Isshu). Circa 1770-1800. A Manuscript Edition of this Comical Twist on the Classical Poetry Anthology, With 43 Pages of Hand Colored Illustrations

Kai Tsūshō Kō (The Study of Trade with Barbarians), Circa 1869-1900 A Manuscript Copy on the Study of Chinese and Nanban Trade, with Illustrations and a Map

Kaei Amerika Zakki (American Chronicle from the Kaei Era), and Amerika Raihaku Uraga Kibun (The Coming of the American Ship – the Uraga Chronicle), After 1853. Including Commodore Perry’s Arrival

Ojoyoshu (Essentials of Rebirth), Circa 1869-1900. A Handwritten Copy of Genshin’s Texts on the Buddhist Realms of the Afterlife

Amerika Raikan (Letter to America), Circa 1853. A Rare and Contemporary Japanese Manuscript Translation of President Filmore’s Letter to the Japanese Emperor on Opening Trade relations

Ise Monogatari ōshi Hiketsu (The Secret of Ise Monogatari), Circa 1750-1850. An Unknown Manuscript Commentary on the Ise Monogatari