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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.399
People
Attributed to Retired Emperor Go-Nijō, Japanese (1285 - 1308)
Title
Imperial Treatise on Poetry (Yakumo mishō) originally compiled by Emperor Juntoku (1197-1242)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Yakumo mishō (Yakumo-shō)
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
Kamakura period, early 14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210608

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Book form; ink on paper with designs in gold and silver pigment with marks (gatten) in vermilion
Dimensions
17.4 x 16 cm (6 7/8 x 6 5/16 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
1985.399
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. 67 / pp. 204-207 (and color plate IX)
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 017 / pp. 68-69

Verification Level

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