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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.14.52
People
Nishimura Shigenaga, Japanese (Edo 1697 - 1756)
Title
Lustration and First Seven Steps of the Buddha
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Mid Edo period, circa 18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209569

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink, color and applied brass filings on paper
Dimensions
H. 30.2 cm x W. 14.6 cm (11 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Osborn Taylor
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.14.52
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Usher P. Coolidge, Religious Wood-Block Prints of the Far East: An Exhibition of Chinese, Korean and Japanese Religious Wood-Block Prints Dating from the Seventh to the Nineteenth Century, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, October to November, 1948., exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1948), Cat. No. 41, p. 15 (not illustrated)

Verification Level

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