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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.564
People
Kano Tan'yū 狩野探幽, Japanese (1602 - 1674)
Title
Sketches of the Ten Kings of Hell (Jūō zu)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Jūō zu
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
handscroll, painting
Date
Early Edo period, dated 1658
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210604

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
42.7 x 679.4 cm (16 13/16 x 267 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (colophon attached)

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
1985.564
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sketches of the Ten Kings of Hell (Juō-zu), copied from a painting attributed to the Sung-dynasty Chinese artist Lu Hsin-chung (active 13th century)

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. 29 / pp. 92-93 (and color plate IV)
  • John M. Rosenfield and Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings from Western Collections, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1979), Cat. No. 48, pp. 161-163

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2017 - 05/31/2018

Verification Level

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