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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.86
Title
Print of Seated Buddhas Found in a Statue of Bishamonten (presumably carved by Kokei), Nakagawa-dera, Jurin-in, Nara
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Heian period, dated 1162
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Nara Prefecture, Nara
Period
Heian period, Late, 898-1185
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205829

Physical Descriptions

Medium
"Imbutsu" Buddhist woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
irregular: H. 33.7 x W. 43.8 cm (13 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Langdon Warner
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.86
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Usher P. Coolidge, Religious Wood-Block Prints of the Far East: An Exhibition of Chinese, Korean and Japanese Religious Wood-Block Prints Dating from the Seventh to the Nineteenth Century, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, October to November, 1948., exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1948), Cat. No. 11, p. 13 (not illustrated)

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