- Title
- Yuan Xie zao xiang ji ; Anding wang Yuan Xie zao Shijia xiang
- Horikoshi, Yoshihiro, Japanese, associated name, donor
- 1912-1945
- Rubbing of inscription from votive offering dedicated by Yuan Xie.
- 26 x 59 cm
- No linguistic content
- rubbings
- Images
- Buddhism
votive offerings
inscriptions
cave temples - Chinese
- Northern Wei
Minguo - ink
paper
intaglio - Citation/references: Beijing tu shu guan cang Zhongguo li dai shi ke ta ben hui bian, 1989, v. 3, p. 97.
General note: Script style: zheng shu. ; Ta pian, folded, mounted, 1 leaf, 23cm. ; Longmen Grottoes: Buddhist Cave Temples distributed on the cliffs along the banks of Yihe river, 13 kilometers south of Luoyang City, Henan Province. The carving work on the first cave at Longmen was already began when Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang in 495. Construction on caves had been carrying on for more than 500 years, during Western Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui,Tang and Five Dynasties. Thus formed a scale of more than 2,000 caves and niches, over 100,000 images on 1-kilometer cliffs from south to north on the two hills of Yique. ; For other information, please refer to HOLLIS number: 9717481
Historical: Inscription date: 2nd mo. of 4th yr. of Jingming, Norther nWei Dynasty (507). - Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University
- W296716_URN-3:FHCL:2009173
- Title
- Yuan Xie zao xiang ji ; Anding wang Yuan Xie zao Shijia xiang
- Creator / Contributor
- Horikoshi, Yoshihiro, Japanese, associated name, donor
- Date
- 1912-1945
- Description
- Rubbing of inscription from votive offering dedicated by Yuan Xie.
- Extent
- 26 x 59 cm
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Genre
- rubbings
- Digital Format
- Images
- Subjects
- Buddhism
votive offerings
inscriptions
cave temples - Culture
- Chinese
- Style / Period
- Northern Wei
Minguo - Materials / Techniques
- ink
paper
intaglio - Notes
- Citation/references: Beijing tu shu guan cang Zhongguo li dai shi ke ta ben hui bian, 1989, v. 3, p. 97.
General note: Script style: zheng shu. ; Ta pian, folded, mounted, 1 leaf, 23cm. ; Longmen Grottoes: Buddhist Cave Temples distributed on the cliffs along the banks of Yihe river, 13 kilometers south of Luoyang City, Henan Province. The carving work on the first cave at Longmen was already began when Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang in 495. Construction on caves had been carrying on for more than 500 years, during Western Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui,Tang and Five Dynasties. Thus formed a scale of more than 2,000 caves and niches, over 100,000 images on 1-kilometer cliffs from south to north on the two hills of Yique. ; For other information, please refer to HOLLIS number: 9717481
Historical: Inscription date: 2nd mo. of 4th yr. of Jingming, Norther nWei Dynasty (507). - Repository
- Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University
- Record ID
- W296716_URN-3:FHCL:2009173
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