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Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu)

Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu)

CalligraphyJapanese17th century

Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu)

c. 1612

Artists

Tokugawa IeyasuArtist

Classification

Calligraphy

Medium

Manuscript page mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Momoyama period, 1568-1615

Century

17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

calligraphy proper: H. 22.1 x W. 33 cm (8 11/16 x 13 in.) overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 117.5 x W. 58.8 cm (46 1/4 x 23 1/8 in.)

Provenance

[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 1999)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (1999-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

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