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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.497
People
Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, Japanese (Kyoto 1579 - 1638)
Title
Poems Dedicated to the Eleven-Headed Kannon of Jōdo-ji (Jōdo-ji Kannon Tamukeuta)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Jōdo-ji Kannon Tamukeuta
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, handscroll
Date
Early Edo period, circa 1630-1638
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210614

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on color-printed paper, with silver and gold printed decor of crests
Dimensions
28.9 x 779.8 cm (11 3/8 x 307 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
1985.497
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. 36 / pp. 114-117 (and color plate VII)
  • 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. 44 / pp. 65-66 (not illustrated)
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 103 / pp. 250-251 and cover illustration

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/09/2015 - 06/02/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/04/2023 - 06/03/2024

Verification Level

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