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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.397
People
Attributed to Fujiwara Tameie, Japanese (1198 - 1275)
Title
Three Waka Poems (Sanshu no waka) from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Sanshu no waka
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
Kamakura period, circa 1250-1300
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210601

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Small sheet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on shikishi paper; Hosshō-ji style
Dimensions
text only: H. 15.4 x W. 14.4 cm (6 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

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
1985.397
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. 80 / pp. 238-239
  • John M. Rosenfield, The Japanese Courtier: Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry from the Fogg Art Museum, the Philip Hofer Collection (With a Complementary Selection of Lacquers and Other Arts of Japan from the Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr.), exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA, 1980), Cat. No. 17 / pp. 30-31
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 020 / p. 74 and color photo on page 20

Verification Level

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