1991.142.1: Buddhist Patriarch Standing with Chopsticks and Tending a Fire

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.142.1

People

Isshi Bunshu, Japanese (Kyoto 1608 - 1646 (Shiga Prefecture?))

Title

Buddhist Patriarch Standing with Chopsticks and Tending a Fire

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

album leaf, painting

Date

mid-17th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/200745

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Album leaf; ink on paper

Dimensions

27.1 x 18.6 cm (10 11/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Sondra Milne Henderson in honor of John Rosenfield

Accession Year

1991

Object Number

1991.142.1

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Later Chinese and Japanese Figure Painting in Decorative Arts, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1992 - 06/07/1992
• Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
• A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
• Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 4), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/2010 - 11/09/2010

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