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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.631
People
Konoe Yorakuin Iehiro, Japanese (1667 - 1736)
Title
Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra; Japanese: Hannya-shin-gyō), in running script (gyōsho)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Hannya-shin-gyō (Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
handscroll
Date
Mid Edo period, dated 1713 (Shōtoku 3, 10th month, 17th day)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210615

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
H. 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Ierhiro; date: 1713

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
1985.631
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. 06 / pp. 40-41

Verification Level

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