New York Public Library presents this enjoyable way to leaf through a selection of Japanese books from the Spencer Collection, that encompasses "300 manuscripts and 1,500 printed books from Japan; the manuscripts range from the 12th to the 20th century, and the printed works from the year 770 to the present". The collection guide points out highlights for those uncertain where to begin in this surfeit of riches. Suggestions include Kitagawa Utamaro's Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts of the Ebb Tide, 1789; referred to in English as "The Shell Book"), considered a masterpiece in the Ehon style. The collection guide also directs users to view Kamisaka Sekka's Momoyogusa ("Flowers of a Hundred Worlds", 1910) from the 20th century, in a much more modern style.