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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.493
People
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
calligraphy, handscroll
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
  • 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
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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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