1985.630: Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) with calligraphy by members of the Imperial Court

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.630

Title

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) with calligraphy by members of the Imperial Court

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

album

Date

circa 1725-1730

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/210607

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Album; ink, color, and gold on paper

Dimensions

each tanzaku: H. 35.8 x W. 6 cm (14 1/8 x 2 3/8 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

1985.630

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. 77 / pp. 232-234
• 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. 16 / pp. 28-29 (not illustrated)

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 03/18/2018

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