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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.504
People
Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Japanese (1558 - 1637)
Title
Fragment of the New Collection of Ancient and Modern Verse (Shin Kokin wakashū)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Shin Kokin wakashū
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, handscroll
Date
Momoyama period, circa 1596-1614 (Keichō era)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Momoyama period, 1568-1615
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211390

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on mica-coated paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 394.9 cm (13 3/16 x 155 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: seals of Kōetsu and Sōji (paper maker; his seals appear four times on the back)

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
1985.504
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. 64 / pp. 197-199

Verification Level

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