1985.504: Fragment of the New Collection of Ancient and Modern Verse (Shin Kokin wakashū)
Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.504
- People
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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
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- 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
- 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. 64 / pp. 197-199
Verification Level
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