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Four Poems from the Sekido Version of the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Sekido-bon Kokin wakashū)
Fujiwara no Yukinari 藤原行成 (d. 1027)
mid- to late 11th century · Two pages from a booklet mounted as hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper
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Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis (narrative poems): Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous)
Mushfiq
Text c. 1500–1520; painting, borders, and illuminations added 1603–7 Text copied by Sultan-Ali Mashhadi (Persian, active early 1500s) for Badi al-Zaman Mirza, ruler of Herat Painted insets and borders by Mushfiq (Indian, active 1580s–early 1600s) Text copied in Herat Painting, borders, and illuminations made in the Deccan for Mughal minister Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan · Painting, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
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Poems about Plum Blossoms, from the “Sekido-bon Version of Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern”
Fujiwara no Yukinari (d. 1027)
mid- to late 11th century · Page from a bound booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)
Noël Bellemare (d. 1546)
c. 1530–35 · Manuscript, ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
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Poems about the Arrival of Autumn, from Newly Selected Collection of Poems to Sing (Shinsen rōeishū), one of the “Yamana Fragments” (Yamana-gire)
Fujiwara no Mototoshi (d. 1142)
ca. 1116–22 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper with gold and silver flecks
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Gazing at a Waterfall
Sōami (d. 1525)
early 1500s · Painting, Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
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Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakashū)
Fujiwara no Tameyori (d. 998)
13th century · Page from a booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise
Shibata Zeshin (d. 1891)
late 1800s · Painting, Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk
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Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued
Kojima Sōshin (d. 1656)
1651 · Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Righteousness, from The Five Virtues
Suzuki Harunobu (d. 1770)
1767 · Print, color woodblock print
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Poems on “Wind” from Japanese and Chinese and Poems to Sing
Horie Yorinao (Tōgen) (d. 1693)
1670 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Retreat on an Autumn Day, in Cursive Script
Zhu Yunming (d. 1527)
dated 1523 · Calligraphy, Handscroll; ink on paper
Cleared · CC0
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