Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

Tanzaku Paintings by Gyotai, Circa 1894-1934. Twelve Opulently Illuminated Paintings in a Rare Strip Format, and Stored in a Magnificent Lacquerware Box bearing the Emblem of the Japanese Imperial Family and Government

Tomioka Haruko Wakatanzaku Jō (Haruko Tomioka's Waka Tanka Book), Circa 1870-1920. A Vast Collection of 103 Strips of Decorated Tanzaku Poetry by a Skilled Female Poet of the Meiji to Showa Periods. Many Illuminated

A Collection of Six Highly Decorated Tanzaku Strips of Waka Poetry by the fourth lord of the Numazu Domain, Circa 1836-1844

The Buddha Shakyamuni, or Possibly Amida, Seated atop a Lotus Pedestal, Circa 1500-1600. A Rare, Surviving Example of Embroidered Buddhist Art, Likely Produced by a Female Devotee, and Once Part of a Larger Composition

Jin ri bei Zhi Tu (An Image of the Golden Sun Monument), Circa 1810. A Silk Painting of the Xiutu Prince and General of the Western Han Dynasty, Jin Midi. Produced by a Japanese Artist

The Head Portrait of a Beautiful Courtesan of Edo, Circa 1800-1868. A Silk Ukiyo-E Painting of a Bijin-ga from the Late Edo Period

Momijigari (Maple Viewing), Circa 1750-1850. A Hanging Scroll Painting Taira no Tomomori and his Company being Seduced by a Demon Disguised as a Beautiful Woman, and her Attendants

Shinsen Heika Zui (New Selection of Illustrated Flower Arrangement), Circa 1750-1800. A Mid to Late Edo Period Manuscript Copy of Yamanaka’s Work on Ikebana School of Flower Arrangment, with 100 Hand Painted, Full-Page Illustrations

Hokusai Manga, Circa 1880-1900. A Beautiful Manuscript Edition of the Complete Sketch Collection by Hokusai, in Black Ink, Lovingly Recreating Every Illustration. Over 800 Greatly Detailed Pages of Illustrations in Fifteen Volumes

San'yō kaijō Zenzu ten-chi Setonaikai Zensansatsu Meijigonen (Complete Atlas of the San'yō Region Seas: Heaven, Pond, and Seto Inland Sea), 1872. 146 Hand Drawn and Colored Full-Page Illustrations of Islands, Castles, and the Sea

Daihannyaharamita-kyo (The Great Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra Volume 39), Circa 790-900. An Exceedingly Rare Nara Period Sutra

Daihannyaharamita-kyo (The Great Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra Volume 495), Circa 1050-1185. A Rare Heian Period Manuscript in Scroll Format