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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.522
People
Monk Yūtokuzan Kōi, Japanese (active mid 17th c.)
Title
The Thirty-Six Immortal Poets of the Middle Ages (Chūko Sanjūrokkasen)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Chūko Sanjūrokkasen
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, handscroll
Date
Early Edo period, dated 1658
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink and gold on decorated paper
Dimensions
31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Kōi (monk); date; (colophon attached)

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
1985.522
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. 56 / pp. 172-174
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 108 / pp. 260-261

Verification Level

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