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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.205.1
Title
Legend of Tawara Tōda (Tawara Tōda emaki) Vol. 1
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Tawara Tōda emaki
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, handscroll
Date
Mid Edo period, second half 18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202151

Physical Descriptions

Medium
First of two handscrolls; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
combined width of both scrolls: H. 34 x W. 1260.4 cm (13 3/8 x 496 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Donald F. Hyde
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.205.1
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. 97 / pp. 289-292 (and color plate XII)

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