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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.203
People
Fujiwara Teika, Japanese (1162 - 1241)
Title
Section of the Bright Moon Diary (Meigetsu-ki)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Meigetsu-ki
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
Kamakura period, ninth month of 1226
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202098

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Nine sheets of (used) paper mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
text only: H. 29.3 x W. 316.5 cm (11 9/16 x 124 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Donald F. Hyde
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.203
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. 48 / pp. 151-153 (and color plate VIII)
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 013 / p. 60 and color photo on p. 19
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 52, p. 51
  • Paul Atkins, "Meigetsuki, the Diary of Fujiwara no Teika: Karoku 2.9 (1226)", Journal of the American Oriental Society (2010), Vol. 130.2, pp. 235-258

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

Verification Level

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