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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.427
People
Attributed to Prince Son'en, Japanese (1298 - 1356)
Title
Model Calligraphy Scroll: Letters (Koōrai)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Koōrai
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
Nambokuchō period, mid 14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Nambokuchō period, 1333-1392
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211557

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Calligraphic fragments mounted as a handscroll; ink on kumogami (paper decorated with cloud-designs in purple and blue pigments)
Dimensions
31.9 x 215.1 cm (12 9/16 x 84 11/16 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
1985.427
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. 027 / p. 84

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