2014.141.1-2: Sanskrit Mandala of the Two Worlds (Shuji Ryōkai mandara): Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara) and Diamond World Mandala (Shuji Kongōkai mandara)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.141.1-2

Title

Sanskrit Mandala of the Two Worlds (Shuji Ryōkai mandara): Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara) and Diamond World Mandala (Shuji Kongōkai mandara)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

hanging scroll, painting

Date

13th-14th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Kamakura period, 1185-1333

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/351686

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): 2014.141.1: 145 x 90.5 cm (57 1/16 x 35 5/8 in.)
overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): 2014.141.2: 145 x 90.5 cm (57 1/16 x 35 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Mika Gallery, New York, (by March 2014)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet, Cambridge, MA, (March 2014-July 2014), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Melissa Moy

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.141.1-2

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• A Woman of Parts: In Conversation with Mika, Impressions, Japanese Art Society of America (Lexington, 2024), no. 45, part one of a double issue, pp. 157-159, figs. 20a, b

Related Works

• 2014.141.1

  Sanskrit Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara)

  Paintings
• 2014.141.2

  Sanskrit Diamond World Mandala (Shuji Kongokai mandara)

  Paintings

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