1974.93: Sâkyamuni Preaching the Law, from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 400

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1974.93

Title

Sâkyamuni Preaching the Law, from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 400

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Daihannya-kyō (Chūsonji-kyō)

Classification

Paintings with Calligraphy

Work Type

painting with calligraphy, handscroll

Date

Late Heian period, circa 1175

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Heian period, Late, 898-1185

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/202325

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Handscroll; gold and silver ink on blue paper, from Chūson-ji, Hiraizumi

Dimensions

image and text only: H. 25.4 x W. 746.4 cm (10 x 293 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Donald F. Hyde

Accession Year

1974

Object Number

1974.93

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. 22 / p. 79

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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