Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

Biwa Hōshi Dōchū-ki-zu? (Biwa Priest Travelogue), Not After 1841. An Emakimono Handscroll Depicting the Travels and Hardships of Travelling Biwa Performers, Including Blind Ones. 23 Painted Figures of Performing Artists of Early Japan

Haiga Makimono (Haiku Painting Scroll), 1680-1707. A Calligraphical Scroll with Ten Paintings, by Matsuo Basho’s Prized Disciple

A Collection of Seven Letters Penned by Edo Artist Tsubaki Chinzan, Circa 1820-1854. Calligraphy by a Noted Nanga Arist

Three Manuscript Sketchbooks of Various Compositions, Circa 1820-1854. Attributed to a Noted Nanga and Literati Artist Skill in the Southern School Style, with a Staggering 198 Pages of Inked Landscapes, Animals, and Much More

Two Manuscript Sketchbooks of Various Compositions, Circa 1820-1854. Attributed to a Noted Nanga and Literati Artist Skill in the Southern School Style, with 78 Pages of Inked Landscapes, Figures, and Much More. Books 4-5

Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems), Circa 1750-1850. An Early Manuscript Edition of this Anthology of Waka Poetry, with 15 Ink Illustrations

Kin Shikishi (Gold Shikishi), Circa 1890-1940. Sixteen Golden Paintings on Silk by Talented Artists of the Meiji to Showa Periods, Including Landscapes, Animals, and the Deity Fukurokuju

Chichi Kazan Utsushi Rakan Jo (Father Kazan’s Sha Arhat Book), Circa 1815-1841. Ten Magnificently Illuminated Paintings Depicting the Eighteen Arhats, A Rare Example on Indigo Dyed Paper. Attributed to one of Japan’s Great Literati Artists

Shèng mán shī zǐ hǒu yī chéng dà fāngbiàn fāngguǎngjīng (The Great Expedient Means of the Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra), Circa 1700-1800. Korea, or Possibly East Sichuan. An Extraordinarily Rare Manuscript. with 69 Full Pages of Illustrations.

Fu Shuo Yueguang Tongzi Jing (The Buddha Speaks the Sutra of the Moonlight Boy), 1271. An Extraordinarily Rare and Complete Two Fascicle Set of Sutras. 30 Pages of Golden Sutras, and 32 Pages of Sumptuously Painted Illustrations

Fu Shuo Dasheng bai fu xiang jing (The Buddha Speaks the Mahayana Sutra of One Hundred Blessings), Dated 1099, But Circa 1270-1300. 34 Pages of Golden Sutras, and 20 Pages of Sumptuously Painted Illustrations

Fóshuō Wúliàngshòu Jīng (The Buddha Speaks the Infinite Life Sutra), 1376. An Extraordinarily Rare and Complete Seven Fascicle Set of Sutras. Over 200 Pages of Golden Sutras, and More than 60 Pages of Sumptuously Painted Illustrations