2014.151: Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.151

People

Traditionally attributed to Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese (1542 - 1616)

Title

Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Nembutsu

Classification

Calligraphy

Work Type

calligraphy, hanging scroll

Date

c. 1612

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Momoyama period, 1568-1615

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/59462

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Manuscript page mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper

Dimensions

calligraphy proper: H. 22.1 x W. 33 cm (8 11/16 x 13 in.)
overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 117.5 x W. 58.8 cm (46 1/4 x 23 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 1999)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (1999-2014), 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

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.151

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Yukio Lippit, The Inalienable Artwork, Orientations, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 100-101, pp. 100-101, fig. 1

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

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