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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.213
People
Kano Eikei, Japanese (Kyoto 1662 - 1702)
Title
Procession of a Korean Envoy
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Chōsen tsushin-shi byōbu
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
screen, painting
Date
Early Edo period, late 17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201946

Physical Descriptions

Medium
(The left) one of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, colors and gold on paper, with signature and seals of the artist
Dimensions
Image: H. 154.0 cm x W. 360.8 cm (60 5/8 x 142 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: "Kano Motome Eikei chūkan hitsu" and three seals
  • inscription: Kano Kyūma Eikei chūkan hitsu (painted by Kano Kyuma Eikei Chukan)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cabot Sedgwick
Accession Year
1983
Object Number
1983.213
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eunji Jung, Korean Embassy Clothing in 1682: The Korean Government's Response to the Political Structure of Japan as Seen through Clothing, Nihon kaseigakkaishi (Tokyo, 2009), Vol. 60, No. 7, p. 33 & 36/Figs. 3 & 8

Exhibition History

  • Later Chinese and Japanese Figure Painting in Decorative Arts, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1992 - 06/07/1992
  • Paragons of Wisdom and Virtue: East Asian Figure Painting, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/1997 - 09/21/1997
  • Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 6), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/24/2011 - 11/12/2011

Verification Level

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