Votive plaque, made of brass or bronze, with a relief image of a seated buddha below a seal with the inscription 「長宜子孫」and on the reverse an 82-character inscription.
Title on back of scroll: Bōsai sensei gasan 鵬斎先生画賛. A 7-character 4-line Chinese poem in cursive calligraphy by the scholar-painter Kameda Bōsai 亀田鵬斎 (1752-1826). Colour drawing by Bōsai in abbreviated Bunjin style beneath the poem shows figures playing go. Dated kanoto mi 辛巳 = Bunsei 4 [1821]...
Calligraphic piece in Chinese beginning: '天地一大劇場' 'The world is one great theatre' by Tsubouchi Shōyō 坪内逍遙 (1859-1935), playwright and Shakespeare scholar,
An album of colour paintings of the 'Thirty Six Immortals of Poetry' (Sanjūrokkasen 三十六仙) , each accompanied by an example of his/her poetry. Undated but probably mid 18th century.
A set of small colour portraits of the 'Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry' (Sanjūrokkasen 三十六仙) on paper strips, each bearing one of his/her poems. Each strip has the character 左 (left) or 右 (right) written at the top indicating they were intended for use in a poetry game or 'utaawase 歌合'. The n...
Portrait of the poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c.650-700) accompanied by two of his waka poems. One of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry from the Heisei-ban Satake-bon Sanjūrokkasen 平成版佐竹本三十六歌仙 inspired by the 13th century manuscript formerly in the possession of the Satake family. Poem 1: Hono...
Portrait of the poet Ōshikōchi no Mitsune accompanied by one of his waka poems. One of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry from the Heisei-ban Satake-bon Sanjūrokkasen 平成版佐竹本三十六歌仙 inspired by the 13th century manuscript formerly in the possession of the Satake family. Poem: Izukutomo haru no hi...