1985.364: Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 12: Section Describing the Enlightenment of the Dragon King's Daughter
Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.364
- Title
- Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 12: Section Describing the Enlightenment of the Dragon King's Daughter
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Hokke-kyō
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Work Type
- calligraphy, handscroll
- Date
- Nara period, late eighth century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Heian period, Early, 794-898
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211424
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; gold on purple-dyed paper
- Dimensions
-
calligraphy proper: H. 26.1 x W. 52.1 cm (10 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
max. with mounting, roller ends and suspension cord: H. 140.5 x W. 83.5 cm (55 5/16 x 32 7/8 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
- 1985.364
- 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. 08 / pp. 48-49
- 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. 35 / p. 54 (not illustrated)
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/31/2017 - 11/29/2017
Verification Level
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