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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.141.A
People
Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起, Japanese (1617 - 1691)
Title
"The Bodhisattva of Wondrous Sound," Chapter 24 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) with Frontispiece, commissioned by Retired Emperor Gomizuno-o (1605-1680) in memory of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
Other Titles
Former Title: Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 24, with Frontispiece commissioned by Retired Emperor Gomizuno-o (1605-1680) in memory of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
Transliterated Title: Hokke-kyō
Classification
Paintings with Calligraphy
Work Type
painting with calligraphy, handscroll
Date
Early Edo period, circa 1667
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202910

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; gold and silver pigments on indigo-dyed paper; frontispiece painted in gold, silver, ink, and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 29.2 x W. 310.3 cm (11 1/2 x 122 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John M. Crawford
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.141.A
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Abby Hykin, "FT-IR Analysis of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2015 - 12/09/2015

Verification Level

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