Harvard Art Museums > 1962.11.3: Landscape Illustration and Leaves 11 through 15 from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997) Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Landscape Illustration and Leaves 11 through 15 from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997) , 1962.11.3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/202390. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1962.11.3 Title Landscape Illustration and Leaves 11 through 15 from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997) Other Titles Original Language Title: Yuzhi mizangquan Classification Prints Work Type handscroll Date 1108 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/202390 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodblock-printed handscroll; ink on paper Dimensions overall dimensions (approximate): 29.9 x 291 cm (11 3/4 x 114 9/16 in.) State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number A 10-041d (Suzuki Kei) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Louise H. Daly, Anonymous and Alpheus Hyatt Funds Accession Year 1962 Object Number 1962.11.3 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. Descriptions Description One of three handscrolls comprising four Northern-Song (906-1279) woodblock printed landscapes mounted as illustrations within fourteen leaves of text from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary of the Chinese Tripitaka (Yuzhi mizangquan). The three handscrolls are as follows: 1962.11.1: Leaves 2 (fragmentary), 3, 4, 5, and landscape illustration 1 1962.11.2.A-B: Leaves 6-10, and landscape illustrations 2 and 3 1962.11.3: Leaves 11-15, and landscape illustration 4 At the end of leaf 15 is a cartouche giving the date of printing as Daguan 2nd year (1108), during the reign of Emperor Huizong. Publication History Max Loehr, Chinese Art: Symbols and Images, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, 1967), pp. 38-39, no. 20 Max Loehr, Chinese Landscape Woodcuts from an Imperial Commentary to the Tenth-Century Printed Edition of the Buddhist Canon, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1968), n.p. Plate 4 Suzuki Kei, Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku, Amerika Kanada hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections), University of Tokyo Press (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), pp. I-58 and I-432, no. A 10-041 T. June Li and Suzanne E. Wright, Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints, exh. cat., The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, 2016), pp. 62-63, cat. no. 1 Exhibition History Garden, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints, The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, 09/17/2016 - 01/09/2017 Related Works 1962.11.1-3 Landscape Illustrations and Fragmentary Text from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997) Prints 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
