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“Kanzan” (Hanshan)
Inoue Yūichi
1966

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

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

Five Freestyle Haiku and a Chinese Couplet
Kawahigashi Hekigotō
1929

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

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

“Waterfall "
Hashimoto Kansetsu
ca. 1940

“One Hundred Flowers of Spring”
Ryōkan Taigu
early 19th century

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

A Poem of Lament, one of the “Uzura Fragments” (Uzura-gire)
Fujiwara Akisuke
13th 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

Chinese Poem on Zen Meditation
Feiyin Tongrong
mid-17th century

The Gateway Character “Lotus”
Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki)
late 17th century, ca. 1663–64

Koto (箏)
Japanese
20th century

Album of Twelve Waka from Poetry Competition of Poets of Different Eras
Emperor Go-Yōzei
early 17th 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

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

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

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

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

The Heart Sutra
Tawara Yūsaku
1999

“Spring” Waka
Nijō Tametada
mid-14th century

“The names of things” haiku
Matsuo Bashō

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

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

Five Tanka Poems
Yosano Akiko 与謝野晶子
1933

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

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

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