1985.520: The Former Deeds of King Wondrous Splendor: Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 27, with Frontispiece commissioned by Retired Emperor Gomizunoo (1596-1680) in memory of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
Paintings with Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.520
- People
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Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起, Japanese (1617 - 1691)
- Title
- The Former Deeds of King Wondrous Splendor: Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 27, with Frontispiece commissioned by Retired Emperor Gomizunoo (1596-1680) in memory of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Other Titles
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Title: The Story of King Resplendent, Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 27, with Frontispiece commissioned by Retired Emperor Gomizunoo (1596-1680) in memory of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
Transliterated Title: Hokke-kyō - Classification
- Paintings with Calligraphy
- Work Type
- handscroll, painting with calligraphy
- Date
- Early Edo period, c. 1668
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211418
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Handscroll; gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper
- Dimensions
- 29.7 x 270.7 cm (11 11/16 x 106 9/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (by 1985), bequest; to Harvard University Museums, 1985.
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
- 1985.520
- 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. 24 / pp. 82-83
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/11/2014 - 05/21/2015
Verification Level
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