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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.365
People
Attributed to Fujiwara Michinaga, Japanese (966 - 1027)
Title
Section from the Parable of the Magic City, Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 7
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Hokke-kyō (Kimbusen maikyō)
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, handscroll
Date
Late Heian period: written 998; dedicated 1007
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Nara Prefecture
Period
Heian period, Late, 898-1185
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199744

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll fragment; gold ink on indigo-dyed paper; excavated in 1671 at Kimbusen-ji sutra mound, Mount Yoshino, Nara prefecture
Dimensions
irregular: 13 x 44.6 cm (5 1/8 x 17 9/16 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
1985.365
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. 09 / pp. 50-51
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 005 / p. 44 and color photo on p. 15

Exhibition History

  • Japanese Art of the Heian Period (794-1185), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 06/06/2002 - 07/05/2002

Verification Level

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