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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.595.5
People
Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Japanese (1558 - 1637)
Published by Suminokura Soan, Japanese (1571 - 1632)
Title
Poet Sosei Hōshi (Priest Sosei) from page 3A of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sanjūrokkasen: Sosei Hōshi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
Momoyama period, published circa 1610
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto
Period
Momoyama period, 1568-1615
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187363

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Page 3A of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper
Dimensions
H. 34.5 cm x W. 24.1 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.595.5
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John M. Rosenfield, Fumiko Cranston, and Edwin A. Cranston, The Courtly Tradition in Japanese Art and Literature: Selections from the Hofer and Hyde Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), Cat. No. 55 / pp. 169-171
  • John M. Rosenfield, The Japanese Courtier: Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry from the Fogg Art Museum, the Philip Hofer Collection (With a Complementary Selection of Lacquers and Other Arts of Japan from the Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr.), exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA, 1980), Cat. No. 13 / pp. 23-24

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