Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
H. 13 × W. 17.8 cm (5 1/8 × 7 in.)
[Yamanaka Shoji Co., Ltd, Awata Kyoto (1936)], sold; to Ellery Sedgwick, Beverly, MA, (1936-1960), passed; to his wife, Marjorie Russell, Beverly, MA (1960-1971), inherited; by Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., Gates Mills, Ohio, (1971-1991), inherited; by Walter Sedgwick, Woodside, CA, (1991-2019), partial and promised gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
Manuscript book; ink on paper with marks (gatten) in vermillion
13th-14th centuryJapaneseUnmounted handscroll; ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper (silver and gold foil on reverse shows through)
12th-14th centuryJapaneseBooklet manuscript; ink on paper; sheets of paper folded into double pages bound with a simple loop
13th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on cloud-patterned, blue-and-purple-colored paper (gold guide-lines)
12th-14th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper with cloud-pattern in blue and purple for margins
12th-14th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
12th-14th centuryJapaneseManuscript in book form; ink on paper
13th-14th centuryJapanesePair of [large] handscrolls; ink on paper
12th-14th centuryJapaneseOne of two handscrolls; ink on paper with vermillion marks
13th centuryJapaneseFolding manuscript book; ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseBooklet manuscript; ink on paper; sheets of paper folded into double pages bound with a simple loop
13th centuryJapanese