The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions

The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

		Section of "Sermon," Chapter 2 of the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, Late Heian period (ca. 900–1185), 12th century Japanese Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Section of "The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra, Late Heian period (ca. 900–1185), mid-12th century Japanese Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Kasuga Shrine Mandala, Kamakura period (1185–1333), ca. 1300 Japanese Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		The Poet Fujiwara Kiyotada, from the Narikane version of the 36 Immortal Poets, Kamakura period (1185–1333), second half of the 13th century Japanese Promised Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Portrait of Shun'oku Myoha, Nanbokucho period (1336–1392) Japanese Promised Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Poem in Chinese about Sugar, Nanbokucho period (1336–1392) Kokan Shiren (Japanese, 1278–1346) Promised Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Tenjin Traveling to China, Momoyama period (1573–1615), 1610 Konoe Nobutada (Japanese, 1565–1614) Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Hell, Edo period (1615–1868) Seigan Soi (Japanese, 1588–1661) Promised Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Daruma, Edo period (1615–1868) Jiun Onko (Japanese, 1718–1804) Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

		Poem About a Crazy Monk, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century Daigu Ryokan (Japanese, 1758–1831) Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto