1985.493: The Poetry Contest of 1299 (Shōan gannen goshu uta awase)
Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.493
- People
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Attributed to Shōkadō Shōjō, Japanese (Sakai 1584 - 1639)
- Title
- The Poetry Contest of 1299 (Shōan gannen goshu uta awase)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Shōan gannen goshu uta awase
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Work Type
- handscroll, calligraphy
- Date
- Early Edo period, 1637
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211470
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Handscroll; ink on paper decorated with gold and silver sunago, other patterns
- Dimensions
- 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: colophon with date and Shōkadō's signature
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
- 1985.493
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th-19th Century, exh. cat., Asia Society Galleries (New York, NY, 1984), Cat. No. 100 / pp. 244-245
Verification Level
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