Harvard Art Museums > 1985.666: Water Plant (Ukikusa) and Zen Aphorism Paintings with Calligraphy Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Water Plant (Ukikusa) and Zen Aphorism (Daishin Gitō) , 1985.666,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/199402. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.666 People Daishin Gitō, Japanese (1657 - 1730) Title Water Plant (Ukikusa) and Zen Aphorism Other Titles Transliterated Title: Ukikusa Classification Paintings with Calligraphy Work Type hanging scroll, painting with calligraphy Date c. 1720 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Edo period, 1615-1868 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/199402 Physical Descriptions Medium Hanging scroll; ink on paper Dimensions painting proper: 28 x 55.3 cm (11 x 21 3/4 in.) overall including cord and roller ends: 113 x 62.9 cm (44 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Murasakino Kyōmyōshi inscription: Ukikusa no shōzuru kō wa, yayoi sue; mata ya fuyu kujiku ukikusa yomogi no kusabana -- Murasakino Kyōmyōshi Late spring is the season when the waterweeds appear; the densely flowering waterweed and sagebush that winter will once more destroy. signature: signature: Murasakino Kyōmyōshi seal: Daishin (rectangular seal) 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 1985.666 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History 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. 39 / p. 123 John M. Rosenfield, The Japanese Courtier: Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry from the Fogg Art Museum, the Philip Hofer Collection (With a Complementary Selection of Lacquers and Other Arts of Japan from the Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr.), exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA, 1980), Cat. No. 24 / p. 39 (not illustrated) Exhibition History 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/09/2015 - 06/02/2016 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
