- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1985.409
- Title
- Life of Prince Shōtoku (Shōtoku Taishi eden) Fragment
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Shōtoku Taishi eden
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- handscroll, painting
- Date
- 12th-14th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Kamakura period, 1185-1333
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211942
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- painting proper: H. 15.2 x W. 45.2 cm (6 x 17 13/16 in.)
with mounting, roller ends and suspension cord: H. 99.5 x W. 60.1 cm (39 3/16 x 23 11/16 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.409
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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Prince Shōtoku: The Secrets Within, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/25/2019 - 08/11/2019
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