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Poem by Kamo no Chōmei with Underpainting of Cherry Blossoms

Hon'ami Kōetsu (d. 1637)

1606 · Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper

Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Tosa School

early 17th century · Shikishi (poetry cards) mounted in an orihon album; calligraphies: ink on decorated paper; paintings: ink, color, and gold on paper

Japanese and Chinese Poems of the Four Seasons

Konoe Sakihisa (d. 1612)

late 16th–early 17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and metallic pigments on decorated-paper shikishi (poetry cards) on gold leaf

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki (ca. 872–945) on Decorated Paper with Cherry Blossoms

Ogata Sōken (d. 1687)

mid- to late 17th century · Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper

Teika’s Ten Styles of Japanese Poetry

Unidentified

early 18th century · Album of ten leaves; ink and color on paper

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel in Yoshiwara (Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi, Yoshino, Tatsuta)

Kitagawa Utamaro (d. 1806)

ca. 1793–94 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Writing Set and Poem Card Box (Shikishi-bako), from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (d. 1823)

ca. 1805–10 · Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Box for Square Calligraphy Paper (shikishi-bako) with an Auspicious Landscape of Young Pines and Nandina Shrubs

Unrecorded maker

second half of the 19th century · Lacquered wood with gold, silver, red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cutout gold foil application on black and nashiji lacquer ground

Table and Writing Set

Kubo Shunman (d. 1820)

19th century · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Writing Box with Matching Poem Card Box

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Gold and silver makie with colored lacquers and silver inlay on black lacquer

Writing box and desk with scenes from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Unrecorded maker

early 20th century · Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold foil on gold and nashiji ground, silver fittings

Set of ten writing boxes with seasonal designs

Uematsu Hōbi (d. 1933)

early 20th century · Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold and silver application