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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.31
Title
Seated Female Shintō Deity (Nyoshinzō)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Nyoshinzō
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
figurine, sculpture
Date
Heian-Kamakura period, 12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203084

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy over white gesso ground
Dimensions
H. 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.31
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Women and the Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/10/1994 - 03/05/1995

Verification Level

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