Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵
Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵
Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵
Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵
Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵
Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵

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Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵,

ca. 1310–20

Anonymous
Japanese
Kamakura period, 1185–1333
2007-40
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Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues

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Title
Illustrated Gleanings from the Legends of Past Virtues (Shūikotokuden-e) 拾遺古徳伝絵
Dates

ca. 1310–20

Maker
Anonymous
Medium
Section of handscroll remounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 40.5 x 94.4 cm. (15 15/16 x 37 3/16 in.) Mount: 133.5 x 106 cm. (52 9/16 x 41 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2007-40
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Marks/Labels/Seals
Fourteen characters in ink on lid of wooden storage box
Culture
Japanese
Period
Kamakura
Type
paintings, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls, japanese painting styles
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
rooms, religious art, men, mythology, Pure Land sect, figures (representations), gardens (open spaces)

– Private collection (Japan)
– Mr. Kōsetsu幸節 (or Kōfushi) (Osaka, Japan).
–2007 Sebastian Izzard LLC, Asian Art (New York, NY)/London Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2007.
Notes: approved by Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs for export and sale.

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