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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.56.24
Title
Mandala of Mount Kōya (Kōyasan mandara)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kōyasan mandara (Mandala)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
hanging scroll, painting
Date
Muromachi period, 16th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202858

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll: ink and colors on hemp(?)
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 170.9 x W. 74.3 cm (67 5/16 x 29 1/4 in.)
mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 274.3 x W. 101.6 cm (108 x 40 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.56.24
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Inamoto Mariko 稲本万里子, Kōyasan Mandara no Kōzō Bunseki—Sei to Zoku no Kyōkai 高野山曼荼羅の構造分析―聖と俗の境界― [An Analysis of the Construction of the Koyasan Mandara—Boundary Between Sacred and Profane], Bukkyō Geijutsu 佛教藝術 [Ars Buddhica] (Osaka, 1992), vol. 201, pp. 103-121, pp. 103, 105, 109, 110, 113, fig. 1, 4; fig. 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26 (details)

Exhibition History

  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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