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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.354
Title
Treatise on Meditation (S: Yogâcâra-bhumi; J: Yugashiji-ron) Vol. 9
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Yugashiji-ron (Yogâcâra-bhumi)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
handscroll
Date
Late Nara period, dated 779
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Shiga Prefecture, Otsu
Period
Nara period, 710-794
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199871

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll remounted as a folding book; ink on paper with temple name stamped in black ink; from Ishiyama-dera, Otsu City
Dimensions
24.4 x 8.5 cm (9 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Shishi Futo no Otomaro; date: Hōki 10; seal: Ishiyama-dera Issai-kyō

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
1985.354
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. 16 / pp. 64-65

Verification Level

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