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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.150
People
Attributed to Jōgyō, Japanese (1186 - 1231)
Title
Letter with Printed Images (Imbutsu) of Buddha Amitabha on Reverse, from Gobōjakujō-in, Mount Kōya, Wakayama prefecture
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Imbutsu
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, hanging scroll
Date
early 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59073

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Letter mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
calligraphy proper: H. 28.7 x W. 49.6 cm (11 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 114.5 x W. 70 cm (45 1/16 x 27 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2004)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2004-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; 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
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.150
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Halle O’Neal, "Marking Death: Stamped Buddhas and Reused Letters in 13th-Century Japan", Ars Orientalis (2022), vol. 52, pp. 10-13, 17-19, figs. 1, 3, 5, 7

Exhibition History

  • Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/23/2004 - 04/17/2005

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