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The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection
Section of "Sermon," Chapter 2 of the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, Late Heian period (ca. 9001185), 12th century
Japanese
Handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll, ink on purple-dyed mica-coated paper, malachite-green ruled lines, and sprinkles of gold and silver foil; 10 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (25.7 x 13 cm)
Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Section of "The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra, Late Heian period (ca. 9001185), mid-12th century
Handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll, ink on paper, with gold-leaf ruled lines, gold-leaf and silver-leaf decoration and painted decoration in margins; 9 3/4 x 16 in. (24.8 x 40.6 cm)
Kasuga Shrine Mandala, Kamakura period (11851333), ca. 1300
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk; 31 x 11 in. (78.7 x 27.9 cm)
The Poet Fujiwara Kiyotada, from the Narikane version of the 36 Immortal Poets, Kamakura period (11851333), second half of the 13th century
Section of handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and light colors on paper; 10 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (26.4 x 25.7 cm)
Promised Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Portrait of Shun'oku Myoha, Nanbokucho period (13361392)
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk; 40 x 20 1/2 in. (114.3 x 52 cm)
Poem in Chinese about Sugar, Nanbokucho period (13361392)
Kokan Shiren (Japanese, 12781346)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 12 1/4 x 18 3/8 in. (31.1 x 47.3 cm)
Tenjin Traveling to China, Momoyama period (15731615), 1610
Konoe Nobutada (Japanese, 15651614)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 36 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. (91.8 x 31.8 cm)
Hell, Edo period (16151868)
Seigan Soi (Japanese, 15881661)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 12 x 35 1/2 in. (30.5 x 90.2 cm)
Daruma, Edo period (16151868)
Jiun Onko (Japanese, 17181804)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 48 5/8 x 20 7/8 in. (121.4 x 52.7 cm)
Poem About a Crazy Monk, Edo period (16151868), 19th century
Daigu Ryokan (Japanese, 17581831)
Hanging scroll; ink and paper; 21 3/4 x 35 3/8 in. (55.3 x 89.7 cm)