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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.377
Title
Section of the Gandavyūha section of the Avatamsaka-sūtra (Kegon-kyō) written over a Hakubyō Narrative Drawing (Menashi-kyō)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kegon-kyō (Avatamsaka-sūtra): Menashi-kyō
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
handscroll, calligraphy
Date
Kamakura period, circa 1200
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210600

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll fragment; ink on paper with silver guidelines
Dimensions
H. 27.3 x W. 20.7 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
mat: H. 43.2 x W. 35.6 cm (17 x 14 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
1985.377
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John M. Rosenfield, Japanese Arts of the Heian Period: 794-1185, Asia Society Inc. (New York, 1968), Plate 38 / pp. 86-87 & 122
  • John M. Rosenfield, Fumiko Cranston, and Edwin A. Cranston, The Courtly Tradition in Japanese Art and Literature: Selections from the Hofer and Hyde Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), Cat. No. 15 / pp. 62-63

Verification Level

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