Scenes from the Song of Everlasting Sorrow

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1917.53
Title: Scenes from the Song of Everlasting Sorrow
Other Titles: Title: 長恨歌図屏風
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting, screen
Date: Early Edo period, circa 1624-1630 (Kan'ei Era)
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/210256

Location

Location: Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts

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Physical Descriptions

Medium: One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 152.6 x W. 326.4 cm (60 1/16 x 128 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year: 1917
Object Number: 1917.53
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/04/2023 - 06/03/2024

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