1985.407: Account of the Goddess Kichijōten (Srî-laksmî), from section 16 of the Golden Light Sutra
Manuscriptshe hand scroll is rectangular in shape and shown horizontally. The paper is a medium-brown color and has a sheen. The page is covered with many rows of Japanese writing. The written symbols are in black ink. Underneath each written symbol is a small, red lotus blossom.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.407
- People
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Monk Kenjin, Japanese (1192 - 1263)
- Title
- Account of the Goddess Kichijōten (Srî-laksmî), from section 16 of the Golden Light Sutra
- Other Titles
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Transliterated Title: Konkōmyō-saishōō-kyō (Suvarnaprabhâsottamarâja-sūtra): Kichijōten (Srî-laksmî)
Former Title: Account of the Goddess Srî-laksmî (Kichijōten) from Volume 8 of the Sutra of Radiant Light (Sanskrit: Suvarnaprabhâsottamarâja-sūtra ; Japanese: Konkōmyō-saishōō-kyō) - Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- handscroll
- Date
- Kamakura period, dated 1260
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Kamakura period, 1185-1333
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/199460
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Handscroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31 x 95.5 cm (12 3/16 x 37 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Monk Kenjin; date: Shōgen 2,5,8 (1260: date of completion of copying)
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
- 1985.407
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 19 / pp. 70-71
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/2019 - 11/29/2021
Verification Level
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