1985.423: Book of Diseases Caused by the Stars (Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō)
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.423
- People
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Monk Kai'e, Japanese (born 1172)
- Title
- Book of Diseases Caused by the Stars (Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript
- Date
- Kamakura period, circa 1204
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Kamakura period, 1185-1333
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/210596
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Manuscript book; ink and red ink (for stars) on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 14.2 x 0.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: sigature: Monk Kai'e, age 33, copied on 9th of 8th month, Genkyū 1 (1204) at...
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.423
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- John M. Rosenfield, Fumiko Cranston, and Edwin A. Cranston, The Courtly Tradition in Japanese Art and Literature: Selections from the Hofer and Hyde Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), Cat. No. 32 / pp. 102-103 (and color plate V)
Exhibition History
- Japanese Art of the Heian Period (794-1185), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 06/06/2002 - 07/05/2002
Verification Level
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