An exhibition of 150 important Japanese artworks is being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
It includes a statue of the Buddhist deity known as Fudo Myoo by sculptor Kaikei, who lived in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. The collection also includes a depiction of a plum tree by 18th century painter Ito Jakucho.
The works are some of the 300 or so items donated to the museum after the death of collector Mary Griggs Burke in 2012. The earliest is from the 10th century.
The exhibition was set to open Tuesday and run through next July 31.
Burke began collecting Japanese art in the 1960s, eventually acquiring about 1,000 items. It was described as the largest private collection of Japanese art outside of Japan.
Some of the pieces were exhibited in public in 1985, including at the Tokyo National Museum.
Part of the Burke collection was also donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.