Harvard Art Museums > 2019.122.23: A Discussion of Monk's Attire (Niehen) Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Discussion of Monk's Attire (Niehen) , 2019.122.23,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 03, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/199840. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text Bound with simple paper string and plain covers, these booklets contain personal notes on Buddhist precepts (rules for living) and liturgy. There are many examples of amendments and corrections throughout, and in some cases the author has even pasted additional sheets of paper to the original pages to create space for further commentary. Creases in the notebooks show that they were folded together before being placed inside the sculpture of Prince Shōtoku. Wood stains from prolonged contact with the interior of the sculpture on the booklet titled Discussion of the Buddhist Rite of Repentance indicate that it was placed outermost. Identification and Creation Object Number 2019.122.23 Title A Discussion of Monk's Attire (Niehen) Other Titles Transliterated Title: Niehen Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Kamakura period, Late or Nambokuchō Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/199840 Physical Descriptions Medium Booklet manuscript; ink on paper; sheets of paper folded into double pages bound with a simple loop Dimensions H. 14.4 × W. 18 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Yamanaka Shoji Co., Ltd, Awata Kyoto (1936)], sold; to Ellery Sedgwick, Beverly, MA, (1936-1960), passed; to his wife, Marjorie Russell, Beverly, MA (1960-1971), inherited; by Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., Gates Mills, Ohio, (1971-1991), inherited; by Walter Sedgwick, Woodside, CA, (1991-2019), partial and promised gift; to the Harvard Art Museums. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial and promised gift of Walter C. Sedgwick in memory of Ellery Sedgwick Sr. and Ellery Sedgwick Jr. Object Number 2019.122.23 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History John M. Rosenfield, The Sedgwick Statue of the Infant Shotoku Taishi, Archives of Asian Art (1968-1969), Vol. XXII / pp. 56-79 Keizaburō Mizuno, ed., Nihon chōkokushi kiso shiryō shūsei (Compendium of the History of Japanese Sculpture), Chūō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan (Tokyo, 2019) Rachel Saunders, “Hābādo Daigaku Bijutsukan shozō Shōtoku Taishi nisai zō ni komerareta imi” (Interpreting the Sculpture of Prince Shōtoku at Age Two at the Harvard Art Museums), Zōkei no poetika: Nihon bijutsushi o meguru aratana chihei (The Poetics of Form: New Horizons in Japanese Art History), ed. Sano Midori Festschrift Committee, Seikansha (Tokyo, 2021), pp, 71-86 Rachel Saunders, Angela Chang, Penley Knipe, and H. Greg Lin, “Hābādo Bijutsukan shozō Namu Butsu Taishi zō: kyōdō kenkyū to sono seika” (When Art Meets Science: Interdisciplinary Research and Prince Shōtoku at Age Two at the Harvard Art Museums), Hābādo Bijutsukan Namu Butsu Taishi zō no kenkyū, Chūō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan (Tokyo, 2023), pp. 191-235 Mika Abé, Yasurō Abé, Kensuke Chikamoto, Rachel Saunders, Ai Seya, and Takayuki Seya, ed., Hābādo Bijutsukan Namu Butsu Taishi zō no kenkyū (The Sculpture of Prince Shōtoku at Age Two at the Harvard Art Museums), Chūō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan (Tokyo, 2023) Exhibition History Prince Shōtoku: The Secrets Within, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/25/2019 - 08/11/2019 Related Works 2019.122 Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Shōtoku Taishi Nisaizō) Sculpture Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu