Harvard Art Museums > 2014.142: Kasuga Shrine Mandala (Kasuga miya mandara) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Kasuga Shrine Mandala (Kasuga miya mandara) , 2014.142,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/58263. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.142 Title Kasuga Shrine Mandala (Kasuga miya mandara) Other Titles Alternate Title: Kasuga Miya mandara Classification Paintings Work Type painting, hanging scroll Date c. 1300 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Kamakura period, 1185-1333 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/58263 Physical Descriptions Medium Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk Dimensions painting proper: H. 79.1 x W. 28.2 cm (31 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.) overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 160.5 x W. 48 cm (63 3/16 x 18 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 1986)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (1986-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Anne Rose Kitagawa Accession Year 2014 Object Number 2014.142 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "The Kasuga Deer Mandala Hunt", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, January/February 2011), vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 64-72, p. 68, fig. 6 Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography, University of Hawaii Press (Honolulu, 1999), pls. 13-17 London Gallery, Ltd. and Ôkura Shûkokan, Buddha's Smile: Masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist Art, exh. cat., London Gallery, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan, 2000), p. 200-201, cat. 111 John Rosenfield, "Escaping Deadly Strife in the Art World: The Barnet and Burto Collection", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, October 2002), vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 45-53, p. 48, fig. 3 Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "Thinking Back, Looking Closely: Reflections on Collecting Japanese Art", Oriental Art, Oriental Art Magazine (London, 2002), vol. XLVIII, no. 2, pp.43-54, p. 49, fig. 5 Miyeko Murase and Masako Watanabe, The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2002), pp. 90-92, cat. 23 Anne Rose Kitagawa and Yukio Lippit, Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2004), p. 7, ill. opp. p.6, fig. 5 Exhibition History Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/23/2004 - 04/17/2005 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2015 - 12/09/2015 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
