calligraphy

262 artworks

Fragment of a manuscript of the Sutra of Accumulated Treasures (Dabaoji jing)

Unidentified Artist, 690

Page from a Copy of the Qur'an

Islamic, 799

Page from a Copy of The Qur'an

Islamic, 799

Page from a Qur'an Manuscript

Islamic, 899

Qur'an Manuscript

Islamic, 1000

Excerpt from Bai Juyi's "Autobiography of a Master of Drunken Poetry Recitation"

Fujiwara no Yukinari (Kōzei), 1000

Poems about Plum Blossoms, from the “Sekido-bon Version of Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern”

Fujiwara no Yukinari 藤原行成, 1034

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, 1050

Poem about Cherry Blossoms from Collection of Elegant Flowers (Reikashū), one of the Scented-Paper Fragments (Kōshi-gire)

Kodai no Kimi, 1068

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, 1116

Page from the Illustrations and Explanations of the Three Jewels (Sanbō ekotoba), known as the Tōdaiji Fragment (Tōdaiji-gire)

Minamoto no Toshiyori, 1120

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

Minamoto Ienaga, 1200

Letter in Kana Characters

Myōe Kōben, 1200

A Poem of Lament, one of the “Uzura Fragments” (Uzura-gire)

Fujiwara Akisuke, 1200

Page from a Copy of the Qur'an

Islamic, 1201

Section of The Amitabha Sutra

Unidentified, 1234

Poem by Wang Wei in the Cursive Script Style

Song Lizong (Chinese, 1205–1264), 1256

Poem

Song Lizong (Chinese, 1205–1264), 1259

Three Waka Poems

Jōben, 1300

Poems about Cherry Blossoms, one of the “Murasame Fragments” (Murasame-gire)

Nijō Tameyo, 1300

Rustam slaying jackal, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

Islamic, 1301

Letter to Suwa Daishin, Officer of the Shogun

Musō Soseki, 1329

“Spring” Waka

Nijō Tametada, 1334

Record of the Following One's Ancestor Studio

Zheng Yuanyou, 1345