Ishiyama-gire Page: Poems of Lady Ise

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1973.63
People: Traditionally attributed to Fujiwara Sadanobu, Japanese (1088 - 1156?)
Title: Ishiyama-gire Page: Poems of Lady Ise
Other Titles: Transliterated Title: Ishiyama-gire (Nishihongan-ji Sanjurokunin-shû): Ise-shû
Classification: Calligraphy
Work Type: calligraphy
Date: Late Heian period, circa 1112
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto
Period: Heian period, Late, 898-1185
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/202613

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Book page now mounted as an album leaf in "shikishi" (poem-slip) format
Dimensions: text only: H. 20 x W. 15.5 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Hofer Collection of the Printed and Graphic Arts of Asia in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Robbins
Accession Year: 1973
Object Number: 1973.63
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 011 / p. 57

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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