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The Immortal Knows the Mind of Antiquity
Sekishitsu Zenkyû (Japanese, 1294–1389)
Japanese
Nanbokuchô period
14th century
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 185 x 29.8 cm (72 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Image: 120.2 x 22.3 cm (47 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Lender accessory: 13.7 x 10.5 x 34.7 cm (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
Lender accessory: 6.8 x 7.9 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Image: 120.2 x 22.3 cm (47 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Lender accessory: 13.7 x 10.5 x 34.7 cm (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
Lender accessory: 6.8 x 7.9 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession Number2014.1507
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 78
ProvenanceNovember 8, 2004, sold by Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)