1985.626: Heart Sutra (J: Hannya-shin-gyō; S: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra), copied in regular script (kaisho)
Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.626
- People
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Attributed to Konoe Yorakuin Iehiro, Japanese (1667 - 1736)
- Title
- Heart Sutra (J: Hannya-shin-gyō; S: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra), copied in regular script (kaisho)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Hannya-shin-gyō (kaisho)
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Work Type
- handscroll, calligraphy
- Date
- Early Edo period, 1702 (Genroku 15, 8th month, 28th day)
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/210606
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Handscroll; gold on light blue paper, signature in silver ink
- Dimensions
- H. 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (colophon: signature and date Genroku 15 (1702)
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
- 1985.626
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 05 / pp. 38-39 (and color plate I)
- 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. 48 / p. 70 (not illustrated)
Verification Level
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