Spectators at the Ceremonial Horserace of 1024 from the Komakurabe gyōkō ekotoba

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1984.553
Title: Spectators at the Ceremonial Horserace of 1024 from the Komakurabe gyōkō ekotoba
Other Titles: Transliterated Title: Komakurabe gyōkō ekotoba
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: handscroll, painting
Date: Kamakura period, circa 1300-1325
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/201596

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Dimensions: painting proper: H. 32.7 x W. 47.8 cm (12 7/8 x 18 13/16 in.)
mounting, with cord and roller ends: H. 127 x W. 66 cm (50 x 26 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year: 1984
Object Number: 1984.553
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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. 89 / pp. 267-268

Exhibition History

Japanese Art of the Heian Period (794-1185), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 06/06/2002 - 07/05/2002

Verification Level

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