Seated Official

Taira no Kanemori of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

A Poet in the New Year

Yashima Gakutei

Portrait of Minamoto no Muneyuki, from the “Fujifusa Version of the Handscroll of Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals”

Inscription traditionally attributed to Emperor Godaigo

Sleeping Poet

Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868)

Memorial portrait of the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Utagawa Yoshiiku

Murasaki Shikibu, from the series Ukiyo-e Genji

Okumura Masanobu

Memorial portrait of the actor Arashi Rikan III

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai

Tani Bunchō

Paper: Fujiwara no Sadaie (Kami: Teika), from the series "The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren bunbo shiyu)"

Yashima Gakutei

The Poet Sōsei

Shokadō Shōjō

Hojo Tokiyori, from the series "Twenty-four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijushisho)"

Yashima Gakutei

Memorial portrait of the actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo I

Utagawa Toyokuni I