1985.378: Sanskrit Prayer Formula printed over a Hakubyō Narrative Drawing (fragment of Bonji Darani-kyō)
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.378
- Title
- Sanskrit Prayer Formula printed over a Hakubyō Narrative Drawing (fragment of Bonji Darani-kyō)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Bonji Darani-kyō
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- handscroll
- Date
- Kamakura period, circa 1250-1300
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Kamakura period, 1185-1333
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211392
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Handscroll fragment; ink on paper
- Dimensions
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H. 23.8 x W. 14 cm (9 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
mat: H. 43.2 x W. 31.4 cm (17 x 12 3/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: stamp: Sanskrit and sumi-drawn seated Heian courtier in a room
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
- 1985.378
- 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. 14 / pp. 60-61
Verification Level
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