Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine

Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 25.224a–e

Scene from The Legend of Kitano Tenjin Engi

Date: 1277

High-Footed Bowl

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: L.1996.47.66

Pair of Candlesticks

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: L.1996.47.72

Portrait of En no Gyōja

Attributed to Jakusai (Japanese)

Date: late 14th–15th century
Accession Number: 29.100.442

Zaō Gongen

Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 2002.446a–c

The Tale of En no Gyōja

Date: end of the 17th century

Scene from The History of Jin'ōji Temple

Date: 14th century

Kumano Shrine Mandala

Unidentified Artist

Date: early 14th century
Accession Number: 2006.521

Zaō Gongen

Date: 11th century
Accession Number: 1975.268.155

The Legend of the Origin of the Kumano Shrine

Date: second half of the 17th century

Plaque with Image of the Deity Zaō Gongen

Date: 11th–12th century
Accession Number: 1975.268.156

The Great Woven Cap (Taishokan)

Text by Asakura Jūken (Japanese, active mid-17th century)

Date: first half of 17th century

The Great Woven Cap (Taishokan)

Date: 17th century

The Great Woven Cap

Date: second half of the 17th century

The Tale of Urashima Tarō

Asakura Jūken (Japanese, active mid-17th century)

Date: late 17th or early 18th century

Storage Case (Karabitsu)

Date: 1422
Accession Number: L.1996.47.50

The Illustrated Life of Shinran (Shinran shōnin eden)

Unidentified Artist

Date: 17th–18th century
Accession Number: 2010.366a–d

Life of the Buddha: The Birth of the Buddha

Date: early 15th century
Accession Number: 1993.478.1

Excursions from the Four Cardinal Gates: Encounter with the Four Sufferings of Birth, Old Age, Sickness, and Death from the Life of Buddha

Date: early 15th century
Accession Number: 1993.478.2

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 29.100.470

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 29.100.471

Prince Shotoku at Age Sixteen

Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 13.71

The Ibaraki Demon

Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)

Date: 1882

The Drunken Demon (Shuten dōji)

Kaihō Yūchiku (Japanese, 1654–1728)

Date: second half of the 17th century

Preparatory Sketch for The Ibaraki Demon

Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)

Unidentified Artist

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 2002.459.1

Detached section from scroll one from A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari), now remounted in original position as part of 2002.459.1

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 2005.312

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)

Unidentified Artist

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 2002.459.2

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)

Unidentified Artist

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 2002.459.3

Scene from A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)

Unidentified Artist

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 2011.494

The Story of the Flute Named "Aoba"

Date: end of the 17th century

The Battles of the Hōgen and Heiji Eras

Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 57.156.4, .5

Stirrups with Design of Cosmetic Brushes

Date: 17th century
Accession Number: L.1996.47.98a, b

The Nun Who Lost Two Sons at the Battle of Yashima

Date: 16th century

The Tale of Giō

Date: late 16th century

The Battles of Ichinotani and Yashima

Kano Jin'nojô (active 1600–42)

Date: first half of the 17th century

Saddle with Design of Emblematic Flowers

Date: inscribed 1491; relacquered, 17th century
Accession Number: L.1996.47.99

The Chronicle of the Great Peace

Date: mid-17th century

Shinkyoku (The New Piece)

Date: early 17th century