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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
handscroll, calligraphy
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
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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

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