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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.503
People
Attributed to Shōkadō Shōjō, Japanese (Sakai 1584 - 1639)
Title
Poems of the Retired Emperor Go-Toba and His Circle (Jisanka)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Jisanka
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
Early Edo period, circa 1620-1631
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211417

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Manuscript book; ink on paper ornamented with silver and gold pigment
Dimensions
24.4 x 17.3 cm (9 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.)

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
1985.503
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. 65 / pp. 200-201
  • John M. Rosenfield, The Japanese Courtier: Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry from the Fogg Art Museum, the Philip Hofer Collection (With a Complementary Selection of Lacquers and Other Arts of Japan from the Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr.), exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA, 1980), Cat. No. 10 / p. 18 (not illustrated)
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 101 / pp. 246-247

Verification Level

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