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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.425
People
Attributed to Prince Sondō, Japanese (1332 - 1403)
Title
Model Calligraphy Text from the "Anthology of Chinese and Japanese Poems for Recitation" (Wakan rōeishū)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Wakan rōeishū
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, handscroll
Date
late 14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211628

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper decorated with designs in gold and silver
Dimensions
32.7 x 232 cm (12 7/8 x 91 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (colophon by Hatakeyama Gyūan with date of 1689 and his seals)

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
1985.425
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. 029 / pp. 86-87

Verification Level

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