1985.352.35.B: Spring Shoots II (Wakana: ge), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 35 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.352.35.B
- People
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Reizei Tamehiro, Japanese (1450 - 1526)
- Title
- Spring Shoots II (Wakana: ge), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 35 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Wakana: ge
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Work Type
- album leaf, calligraphy
- Date
- Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto
- Period
- Muromachi period, 1392-1568
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/199741
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- The thirty-fifth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 24.3 cm x W. 18.4 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/4 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
- 1985.352.35.B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Treasures of Daikakuji: From Imperial Villa to Buddhist Temple, exh. cat., Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo, 2025), pp. X, 120, fig. 3
- Kaori Chino, "Tokushû: Genji monogatari gajô - Hâvâdo Daigaku Bijutsukan zô" [Special Issue: The Tale of Genji Album in the Collection of Harvard University Art Museums] (Tokyo, Japan, 1997), p. 56
- Anne Rose Kitagawa, "Behind the Scenes of Harvard's Tale of Genji album", Apollo, Vol. CLIV No. 477, November 2001, p. 29 / Fig. 2 (right)
- Melissa McCormick, "Genji Goes West: The 1510 Genji Album and the Visualization of Court and Capital", Art Bulletin, College Art Association of America (New York, March 2003), LXXXV No. 1, p. 55 / Fig. 1 (right)
- Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018)
Exhibition History
- Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
- Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2006 - 04/08/2007
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