1984.553: Spectators at the Ceremonial Horserace of 1024 from the Komakurabe gyōkō ekotoba

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1984.553

Title

Spectators at the Ceremonial Horserace of 1024 from the Komakurabe gyōkō ekotoba

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Komakurabe gyōkō ekotoba

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, handscroll

Date

Kamakura period, circa 1300-1325

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Kamakura period, 1185-1333

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201596

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 32.7 x W. 47.8 cm (12 7/8 x 18 13/16 in.)
mounting, with cord and roller ends: H. 127 x W. 66 cm (50 x 26 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer

Accession Year

1984

Object Number

1984.553

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 89 / pp. 267-268

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

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