1985.439: Commentary on the Sutra of Cause and Effect (Inga gyōkyō zu)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.439

People

Attributed to Emperor Go-Hanazono, Japanese (1419 - 1471)

Title

Commentary on the Sutra of Cause and Effect (Inga gyōkyō zu)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Inga gyōkyō zu

Classification

Paintings with Calligraphy

Work Type

handscroll, painting with calligraphy

Date

Muromachi period, circa 1425

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Muromachi period, 1392-1568

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/211388

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Handscroll; ink on paper

Dimensions

H. 26.3 cm x W. 965.4 cm (10 3/8 x 380 1/16 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

1985.439

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. 37 / pp. 118-119
• 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. 45 / p. 67 (not illustrated)

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