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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.423
People
Monk Kai'e, Japanese (born 1172)
Title
Book of Diseases Caused by the Stars (Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
Kamakura period, circa 1204
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Manuscript book; ink and red ink (for stars) on paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 14.2 x 0.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: sigature: Monk Kai'e, age 33, copied on 9th of 8th month, Genkyū 1 (1204) at...

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.423
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. 32 / pp. 102-103 (and color plate V)

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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