Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Letter by Kobori Enshu

Kobori Enshū

Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wakan rōeishū)

Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久

Album of Twelve Waka from Poetry Competition of Poets of Different Eras

Calligraphy traditionally attributed to Emperor Go-Yōzei

Waka Poem from Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern with a Design of Moss Ferns

Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu

Bird on a Branch

Unkei Eii, Inscribed by Daiko Shōkaku

Letter about Sake

Sen no Rikyū

Poem-card from the Shinkokin wakashu (New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times) with Design of Pine on a Beach

Hon'ami Kōetsu, Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Section of a Handscroll with Waka and Underpainting of Pines

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Underpainting attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu 俵屋宗達

Poem by Kamo no Chōmei with Underpainting of Cherry Blossoms

Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu, Underpainting attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows

Ikkyū Sōjun

Two Poems from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu, Painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu

White Herons

Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙