1985.379: Section Describing Maitreya's Entreaty, from Chapter 1 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō)
Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.379
- Title
- Section Describing Maitreya's Entreaty, from Chapter 1 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Sōshoku Hokke-kyō jobon zankan
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Work Type
- calligraphy, handscroll
- Date
- Late Heian period, circa 1150
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Heian period, Late, 898-1185
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/210640
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Handscroll; ink on paper with gold and silver flakes and cut-gold guidelines
- Dimensions
- 24.9 x 96 cm (9 13/16 x 37 13/16 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
- 1985.379
- 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. 11 / pp. 54-55
Verification Level
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