PrintsJapanese17th-19th century

Amulet with Buddhist Icons (Kokonoe no mamori)

early 17th-late 19th century

Classification

Prints

Medium

Buddhist woodblock-printed handscroll; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

17th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

print image proper: H. 7.6 x W. 1070 cm (3 x 421 1/4 in.) unrolled overall (including mounting and roller ends): H. 10 x W. 1083.8 cm (3 15/16 x 426 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Yasuhiro Iguchi, Brookline, MA, (by ca. 1970), gift; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (ca. 1970-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

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