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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.443
People
Nakayama Nobuchika, Japanese (1458 - 1517)
Title
One Hundred Linked Verses (Renga hyakushu)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Renga hyakushu
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, handscroll
Date
1516
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211755

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on decorated paper with gold and silver patterns of flower and birds and blue and purple cloud patterns
Dimensions
calligraphy: 24.2 x 565.4 cm (9 1/2 x 222 5/8 in.)
with mounting : 24.2 x 633.7 cm (9 1/2 x 249 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: colophons dating 1516 and 1659, acknowledging Nakayama Nobuchika

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
1985.443
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 03/18/2018

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