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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.626
People
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
  • 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
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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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