This is one page from the "Narihira-shū" poetry section that was separated during the Edo period from the Honganji version of the "Anthology of Poems by Thirty-Six Poets." This section is known as an "Ogata gire" or "Ogata fragment" because it was traditionally handed down in the Ogata family, which included the famous artist Ogata Kōrin.

This pair of gold ground screens presents a splendid field of irises. This painting by Ogata Kōrin is one of the icons of Japanese painting history.

This image is one of a group of relief-carved stone Buddhist plinths from Huatasi temple, Xian (also known as Baoqingsi). The symmetrically arranged body and the flowing drapery lines are particularly beautiful, making this an important fundamental piece in the study of Chinese Early Tang period Buddhist sculpture.

This beautifully shaped tea bowl has a light yellow colored glaze that is slightly bluish tinged in some areas. This glaze coloration is the reason this type has been dubbed Ao-ido, or literally blue Ido type.

This is a famous example of Japanese makie lacquer art, decorated with an image of autumnal field. This work is said to have been formerly in the collection of the Muromachi period shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. Japanese characters spelling out a waka poem are scattered through the design.

This kosode kimono has a white silk ground decorated with an indigo and white checkerboard design worked in shibori tie-dying method, and the various pieces for shōgi Japanese chess game scattered over the entire form.