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A rectangular hand scroll that is medium-brown in color and shows many rows of Japanese writing. The written symbols are in black and there are small, red lotus blossoms under each symbol.

he hand scroll is rectangular in shape and shown horizontally. The paper is a medium-brown color and has a sheen. The page is covered with many rows of Japanese writing. The written symbols are in black ink. Underneath each written symbol is a small, red lotus blossom.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.407
People
Monk Kenjin, Japanese (1192 - 1263)
Title
Account of the Goddess Kichijōten (Srî-laksmî), from section 16 of the Golden Light Sutra
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Konkōmyō-saishōō-kyō (Suvarnaprabhâsottamarâja-sūtra): Kichijōten (Srî-laksmî)
Former Title: Account of the Goddess Srî-laksmî (Kichijōten) from Volume 8 of the Sutra of Radiant Light (Sanskrit: Suvarnaprabhâsottamarâja-sūtra ; Japanese: Konkōmyō-saishōō-kyō)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
handscroll
Date
Kamakura period, dated 1260
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
31 x 95.5 cm (12 3/16 x 37 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Monk Kenjin; date: Shōgen 2,5,8 (1260: date of completion of copying)

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
1985.407
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. 19 / pp. 70-71

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/2019 - 11/29/2021

Verification Level

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