1985.573: Poetry Competition at the Imperial Court in 1201 (In no on'uta awase)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.573

People

Kuze Shigeyuki, Japanese (1660 - 1720)

Title

Poetry Competition at the Imperial Court in 1201 (In no on'uta awase)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: In no on'uta awase

Classification

Calligraphy

Work Type

handscroll, calligraphy

Date

Early Edo period, circa 1700

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/210598

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper with printed floral patterns, signed "Minamoto no Ason Shigeyuki"

Dimensions

14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Minamoto no Ason Shigeyuki

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

1985.573

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. 49 / pp. 154-156
• John M. Rosenfield, The Japanese Courtier: Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry from the Fogg Art Museum, the Philip Hofer Collection (With a Complementary Selection of Lacquers and Other Arts of Japan from the Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr.), exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA, 1980), Cat. No. 06 / pp. 12-13

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