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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.543
People
Hsing-tun Kao-ch'uan, Chinese (1633 - 1695)
Title
Diamond and Heart Sutras (Sanskrit: Vajra-prajñâpâramitâ-sūtra; Japanese: Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō (Vajra-prajñâpâramitâ-sūtra)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
Early Edo Period, circa 1692-1695
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210597

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Folding book; gold pigment on indigo-blue-dyed paper
Dimensions
33.7 x 12 cm (13 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

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
1985.543
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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. 07 / pp. 42-43

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