PaintingsJapanese12th century

Seated Bodhisattva (Kongoho Bosatsu), from a notebook depicting the Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai Mandara)

mid 12th century

Artists

Takuma TametōArtist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Page from a book now mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Heian period, Late, 898-1185

Century

12th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper: 25 x 14 cm (9 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.) mounting, including cord and roller end: 134.6 x 40 cm (53 x 15 3/4 in.) mounting silk only: 131.4 x 35.1 cm (51 3/4 x 13 13/16 in.)

Provenance

[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2006)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2006-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.