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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.355.1
People
Published by Suminokura Soan, Japanese (1571 - 1632)
Title
Printed Nō Play with Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu (Kōetsu-bon Yōkyoku), Vol. 1
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kōetsu-bon Yōkyoku
Classification
Books
Work Type
book
Date
Late Momoyama to Early Edo period, circa 1615
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/200937

Physical Descriptions

Medium
First of seven thread-bound, woodblock-printed books; ink on slightly colored paper with mica designs
Dimensions
24.1 x 18.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.355.1
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. 87(?) / pp. 256-258
  • John M. Rosenfield, The Japanese Courtier: Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry from the Fogg Art Museum, the Philip Hofer Collection (With a Complementary Selection of Lacquers and Other Arts of Japan from the Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr.), exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA, 1980), Cat. No. 19(?) / p. 34 (not illustrated)

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