1985.469: Tale of the Chrysanthemum Spirit (Kiku no sei no monogatari, also known as Kazashi no hime monogatari)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.469

People

Traditionally attributed to Tosa Yukihide, Japanese (active c. 1430)

Title

Tale of the Chrysanthemum Spirit (Kiku no sei no monogatari, also known as Kazashi no hime monogatari)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

handscroll, painting

Date

Muromachi period, 16th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Muromachi period, 1392-1568

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/211411

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

Dimensions

H. 17.2 cm x W. 748.7 cm (6 3/4 x 294 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (by 1985), bequest; to Harvard University Museums, 1985.

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

1985.469

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Melissa McCormick, Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan, University of Washington Press (Seattle, WA, 2009), pp. 209-211, fig. 122
• Amerika ni watatta monogatarie: emaki, byōbu, ehon, Perikansha (Tokyo, 2013), pp. 164-177

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/31/2015

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