1985.352.43.B: Red Plum Blossoms (Kōbai), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 43 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.352.43.B

People

Sanjōnishi Sanetaka, Japanese (1455 - 1537)

Title

Red Plum Blossoms (Kōbai), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 43 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Kōbai

Classification

Calligraphy

Work Type

album leaf, calligraphy

Date

Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto

Period

Muromachi period, 1392-1568

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/199681

Physical Descriptions

Medium

The forty-third of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H. 24.3 cm x W. 18.4 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/4 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

1985.352.43.B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Kaori Chino, "Tokushû: Genji monogatari gajô - Hâvâdo Daigaku Bijutsukan zô" [Special Issue: The Tale of Genji Album in the Collection of Harvard University Art Museums] (Tokyo, Japan, 1997), p. 56
• Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018)

Related Works

• 1985.352.43.C

  Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 43, Red Plum Blossoms (Kōbai)

  Manuscripts

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