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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

Koto (箏)
Japanese
20th century

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section of The Amitabha Sutra
Unidentified
mid-13th century

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

Suzu
Japanese
17th century

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

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

Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
Chōbunsai Eishi
ca. 1811

Painting and Calligraphy to Celebrate Longevity, with a letter addressed to Onodera Shūta
Tomioka Tessai
1914

Chinese Poem to Celebrate a Senior Monk’s Sixtieth Birthday
Duzhan Xingying (Japanese: Dokutan Shōkei)
late 17th–early 18th 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

Five Tanka Poems
Yosano Akiko 与謝野晶子
1933

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

The Heart Sutra
Tawara Yūsaku
1999

“Spring” Waka
Nijō Tametada
mid-14th century

“Akebonoya” waka poem
Hon'ami Kōetsu
early 17th century

Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued
Kojima Sōshin
1651

Chinese Poem on Compassion
Nanyuan Xingpai (Nangen Shōha)
1666

Excerpt from Bai Juyi's "Autobiography of a Master of Drunken Poetry Recitation"
Fujiwara no Yukinari (Kōzei)
early 11th century

The Tale of Genji Handscrolls
Tanaka Shinbi
1926–35

Page from the Illustrations and Explanations of the Three Jewels (Sanbō ekotoba), known as the Tōdaiji Fragment (Tōdaiji-gire)
Minamoto no Toshiyori
1120

Three poems from the “Later Collection of Japanese Poems” (Gosen wakashū), known as the “Karasumaru Fragment” (Karasumaru-gire)
Fujiwara no Sadayori
early 12th century

Poems about Neighbors, from Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Wakan rōeishū), one of the “Tatsuta Fragments” (Tatsuta-gire)
Minamoto Ienaga
13th century

Album of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing
Konoe Nobutada
early 17th century

The Poets Henjō and Jichin, from Stylus-Illustrated Competition of Poets of Different Periods (Mokuhitsu jidai fudō uta awase-e)
Unidentified artist
mid-14th century

The Bodhisattva Jizō
Intan
1291

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
mid- to late 11th century

Poems about Cherry Blossoms, one of the “Murasame Fragments” (Murasame-gire)
Nijō Tameyo
early 14th century

Autumn Poem by Lady Kunaikyō
Hon'ami Kōetsu
mid-1620s