Calligraphy

1,164 artworks

Anthology of Ancient and Modern Verse (Kokin wakashū)

Retired Emperor Fushimi, 13

Excerpt from the Huang ting jing and Poem by Zhao Mengfu

Sekishitsu Zenkyū, 14

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

Unknown, 690

A Mirror of Gathered Seaweed (Mokagami)

Various calligraphers, 710

Classic of Spiritual Flight

Zhong Shaojing, 728

Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō; also known as Yakushiji-kyō), Vol. 499

Traditionally attributed to Asano Gyoyō, 765

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

Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Vol. 7

Emperor Shirakawa, 1000

Qur'an Manuscript

Islamic, 1000

Three Poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakashū), one of the Araki Fragments (Araki-gire)

Fujiwara no Yukinari (Kōzei), 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

Samyutagama Sutra, chapter 25, from the Jinsushan Tripitaka

Unknown, 1060

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

Kodai no Kimi, 1068

Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru

Huang Tingjian, 1085

Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River

Mi Fu, 1085

Three poems from the “Later Collection of Japanese Poems” (Gosen wakashū), known as the “Karasumaru Fragment” (Karasumaru-gire)

Fujiwara no Sadayori, 1100

Section of Love Poems from the Kokinshū Anthology (Kokin-waka-shū: Koi-uta)

Prince Munetaka, 1100

Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakashū), known as the “Imaki Fragment” (Imaki-gire)

Fujiwara no Norinaga, 1100

Two Poems about Palace Gossip, one of the “Ōe Fragments” (Ōe-gire)

Fujiwara no Sadayori, 1100

Two-Line Poem in Cursive Script

Zhao Ji赵佶, 1100