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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.411
Title
Monk Nichizō Begins His Tour of the Afterlife, from the Kitano Tenjin engi emaki
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kitano Tenjin engi emaki: Nichizō
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, handscroll
Date
Nambokuchō period, circa 1350-1400
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Nambokuchō period, 1333-1392
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211682

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
image: H. 31 x W. 47.9 cm (12 3/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
overall with mounting, roller ends and suspension cord: H. 127.5 x W. 65.8 cm (50 3/16 x 25 7/8 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
1985.411
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. 91 / pp. 271-272

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/09/2019 - 11/19/2019

Verification Level

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