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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.362
People
Traditionally attributed to Asano Gyoyō, Japanese (8th century)
Title
Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō; also known as Yakushiji-kyō), Vol. 499
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Daihannya-kyō (Yakushiji-kyō)
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, handscroll
Date
Late Nara period, circa 765
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Nara period, 710-794
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211421

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on yellow-dyed paper; temple seal in darkened cinnabar red
Dimensions
25.5 x 763.3 cm (10 1/16 x 300 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: two red stamps of Yakushi-ji, Nara, and "Golden hall of Yakushi-ji," stamped

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
1985.362
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. 03 / pp. 34-35
  • 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. 34 / pp. 52-53
  • Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 003 / pp. 40-41

Verification Level

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