Highlights of the Collection

Flowers of the Four Seasons

Deer Mandala of the Kasuga Shrine (春日鹿曼荼羅)

“Convenience in Drawing Water” from Jūben (Ten Conveniences, 十便); “Pleasure of Dawn” from Jūgi (Ten Pleasures, 十宜)

Two poems from Ogura hyakunin isshu (小倉百人一首)

Seated Bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad)

Basin with incised decoration and applied fish

Poem from Kokin wakashū (古今和歌集)

Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening

Daihōkōbutsu kegonkyō (大方廣仏華厳経)

Lions at the Stone Bridge of Tendaisan (Ch. Tiantaishan, 天台山石橋)

Kasuga Shrine Mandala (春日宮曼荼羅)

“Fujibakama” (藤袴) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

Long-necked jar with perforated base

Shide (拾得圖軸)

Landscape with Rocky Precipice

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (竹林七賢)

Hotei (布袋)

Raigō of the Amida Triad (阿弥陀三尊来迎)

Splashed-Ink Landscape

Shinto God and Goddess (男神、女神)

Aizen Myōō (愛染明王)

“Tamakazura” (玉鬘) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

Lidded brazier with paulownia and geometric design

Water Buffalo and Herdboy

Women Contemplating Floating Fans

Bo Ya Plays the Qin as Zhong Ziqi Listens (伯牙弾琴)

Bottle with flared mouth and combed pattern

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Fudō Myōō (不動明王)

The Thirty-sixth Stage, from Zenzai Dōji’s Fifty-five Pilgrimages (華厳五十五所絵巻), also known as Zenzai Dōji emaki (善財童子絵巻)

Jar

“Utsu no yama” (宇津の山), from episode 9 of Ise monogatari (伊勢物語)

Wagtail on a Rock

Peony and Bamboo by a Rock

“Kashiwagi” (柏木) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)

Pheasants and Azaleas; Golden Pheasants and a Loquat Tree

Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with Nanban (南蛮) figures

Covered bottle

White Plum Blossoms and Moon

Fujiwara Teika (藤原定家), from Ikkasen isshubon (一歌仙一首本)