Abe Kobo's Glasses-Viewing the Manuscript of "The Box Man"

Portrait of man wearing glasses

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Tokyo Museum Collection

Sakaguchi Ango's Glasses-Viewing his "Diary of Korean Conference"

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Tokyo Museum Collection

Head of a Man (Study for "The Apotheosis of Homer")

Pola Museum of Art

Pola Museum of Art Collection

Original of the poster for exhibition of "Today's focus : fantasy of the Orient seen through eyes of the present"

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan

3. It Was Impossible to See the Face of the Mysterious Man, Hidden Beyond His Shoulder... [from "From Nine Dreams"]

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Tokyo Museum Collection

JOURNEY TO CHINA 16: THE MUSIC LESSON. The Chinese man of independent means likes to occupy his leisure by cultivating music: very willingly he takes lessons on the clarinet, the accordion or the hunting horn, and in spite of the contrary opinion of his unfortunate neighbours, persists in calling this an accomplishment!

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan

BOHEMIANS OF PARIS 7: THE PUFFER OF CUSTOMERS: About the word puff! (scans, lies in wait for, cheat's dictionary.) Under the appearance of a simple loafer this individual is dedicated to business in security [watch] chains, hall-marked gold gems; silver pencil-cases and other encumbrances of the public way, he scents the police constable; and when the security of [watch] chains is compromised he clears off wth the shop!

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan

Strangers in Paris 1: The arrival: What, no room!... －Not even for your hat-box... －What about in the sitting-room? －Twenty one Englishmen are in there... －In the attic?... －I've put eleven Savoyards in there... －In the celler?... －Fifteen Polish people have set up home... －Oh! hang it...oh! damnation... oh! Good God!...are we going to spend the night by the side of a milestone?... －That's what you'd better do, because then the night patrol will get you out of trouble quickly by taking you to sleep at the Prefecture of Police's office, Saint Martin cell!... specially reserved for the homeless and poodles without papers!..

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan

Blown by the heat of the roof, Grandfather's head already seemed pale like a skull. Well, I'm not sure...do you remember what he said, when the red-hot iron was about to be put into his eyes? *

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan