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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.87.2
People
Attributed to Monk Jien, Japanese (1155 - 1225)
Title
Compilation of Waka Poems and Chinese Verses for Recitation (Shinsen rōeishū) by Fujiwara no Mototoshi (d. circa 1142)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Shinsen rōeishū
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
handscroll
Date
Kamakura period, mid 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94375

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One of two handscrolls; ink on paper with vermillion marks
Dimensions
H. 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Donald F. Hyde in honor of Louise Cort
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.87.2
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. 47 / pp. 146-147

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