Two Courtesans Greeting Travelers/ Shinagawa, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 14, The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi (Miotsukushi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 18, Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 8, Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 46, Beneath the Oak (Shiigamoto)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 4, The Twilight Beauty (Yūgao)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 19, Wisps of Cloud (Usugumo)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 35, Spring Shoots II (Wakana: ge)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 51, A Drifting Boat (Ukifune)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 12, Suma

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 6, The Safflower (Suetsumuhana)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 23, The Warbler’s First Song (Hatsune)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 48, Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 3, The Cicada Shell (Utsusemi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō) Chapter 44: Bamboo River (Takekawa)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 47, Trefoil Knots (Agemaki)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 9, Heart-to-Heart (Aoi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 20, The Bluebell (Asagao)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 11, Falling Flowers (Hanachirusato)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 53, Writing Practice (Tenarai)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 36, The Oak Tree (Kashiwagi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 29, The Imperial Progress (Miyuki)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 43, Red Plum Blossoms (Kōbai)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 54, The Floating Bridge of Dreams (Yume no Ukihashi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 41, The Seer (Maboroshi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 37, The Flute (Yokobue)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 2, The Broom Tree (Hahakigi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 13, Akashi

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 1, The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 24, Butterflies (Kochō)

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 23: 80-92 (recto), Sura 23: 92-104 (verso)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 32, The Plum Tree Branch (Umegae)

Elephant Hunt

Album Leaf with Drawing; verso: Album Leaf with Two Drawings

John Singer Sargent

Decorative Design

John Singer Sargent

HUA CHING (FLOWER MIRROR), SECRET TRADITION.

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 3: 53 - 63 (recto), Sura 3: 63 - 72 (verso)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō) Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 52, The Mayfly (Kagerō)

Textile

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 15, A Waste of Weeds (Yomogiu)

"This book is published by O.W.I. to further the war effort. It hopes to make you understand the farmer and what he's doing to help win this war. When you have finished reading this please pass it on to someone who has not already read it."

Ben Shahn

The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), Series 1, Volume 1

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 30, Thoroughwort Flowers (Fujibakama)

Album Leaf with Two Drawings; verso: Album Leaf with Three Drawings and Two Photographs

John Singer Sargent

Decorative Design

John Singer Sargent

Decorative Design

John Singer Sargent

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 28, The Typhoon (Nowaki)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 38, The Bell Cricket (Suzumushi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 33, New Wisteria Leaves (Fuji no Uraba)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 21, The Maidens (Otome)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 26, The Pink (Tokonatsu)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 22, The Tendril Wreath (Tamakazura)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 10, The Green Branch (Sakaki)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 49, The Ivy (Yadorigi)

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 50, The Eastern Cottage (Azumaya)