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“Kanzan” (Hanshan)
Inoue Yūichi
1966

Three Poems from the Later Collection of Japanese Poems (Gosen wakashū)
Monk Saigyō
late 12th century

”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”
Musō Soseki
early to mid-14th century

Excerpt from “Song of Leyou Park”
Zhang Jizhi
13th century

Critiquing the Reliance on Koans
Tōkei Sōboku
late 15th–early 16th century

Line from a Poem by Li Bai
Seigan Sōi
early 17th century

Chinese Poems for the Twelve Months
Gion Nankai
ca. late 1730s

Waterfall
Hashimoto Kansetsu
ca. 1940

Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi)
Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei)
1640

Three Poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakashū), one of the Araki Fragments (Araki-gire)
Fujiwara no Yukinari (Kōzei)
11th century

Koto (箏)
Japanese
20th century

Hokku poem “On a withered branch”
Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉
probably 1680s

Flying Apsaras (Hiten)
Japan
late 11th to early 12th century

Waka Poem
Emperor Go-Yōzei 後陽成天皇
late 16th–early 17th century

Section of a Poem Scroll with Underpainting of Lotus
Hon'ami Kōetsu
shortly after 1615

Response to an Invitation for a Tea Gathering
Hon'ami Kōetsu
probably 1620s–30s

Manuscript Version of the “Travel” Section of the Linked Verse (Renga) Collection “Aged Leaves” (Wakuraba), compiled by Sōgi (1421–1502)
Ryūkō
1533

Page from Illustrations and Explanations of the Three Jewels (Sanbō e-kotoba), one of the “Tōdaiji Fragments” (Tōdaiji-gire)
Minamoto no Toshiyori
1120

Section of The Amitabha Sutra
Unidentified
mid-13th century

Five Freestyle Haiku and a Chinese Couplet
Kawahigashi Hekigotō
1929

Two Poems about Palace Gossip, one of the “Ōe Fragments” (Ōe-gire)
Fujiwara no Sadayori
early 12th century

Poem by Fujiwara no Ietaka (1158–1237) on Decorated Paper with Bush Clover
Ogata Sōken
mid- to late 17th century

Letters by Courtesans
Unidentified artist
late 18th or early 19th century

“Bluish-Green Fish Scales”
Kano Tan'yū
mid-17th century

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki (ca. 872–945) on Decorated Paper with Cherry Blossoms
Ogata Sōken
mid- to late 17th century

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
ca. 1116–22

Haiku
Iwakura Tomonori

“The names of things” haiku
Matsuo Bashō

Chinese Poem on Fishing and Zen
Ōsen Keisan 横川景山
late 15th century

“Spring” Waka
Nijō Tametada
mid-14th century