Mandala of Mount Kōya (Kōyasan mandara)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.56.24
Title: Mandala of Mount Kōya (Kōyasan mandara)
Other Titles: Transliterated Title: Kōyasan mandara (Mandala)
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting, hanging scroll
Date: Muromachi period, 16th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/202858

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Hanging scroll: ink and colors on hemp(?)
Dimensions: painting proper: H. 170.9 x W. 74.3 cm (67 5/16 x 29 1/4 in.)
mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 274.3 x W. 101.6 cm (108 x 40 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.56.24

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Inamoto Mariko 稲本万里子, Kōyasan Mandara no Kōzō Bunseki—Sei to Zoku no Kyōkai 高野山曼荼羅の構造分析―聖と俗の境界― [An Analysis of the Construction of the Koyasan Mandara—Boundary Between Sacred and Profane], Bukkyō Geijutsu 佛教藝術 [Ars Buddhica] (Osaka, 1992), vol. 201, pp. 103-121, pp. 103, 105, 109, 110, 113, fig. 1, 4; fig. 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26 (details)

Exhibition History

Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005

Subjects and Contexts

Collection Highlights

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1943.56.24: Mandala of Mount Kōya (Kōyasan mandara)