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Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination


Dainichi nyorai zazo
大日如来坐像 一躯
Shinson (Japanese, dates unknown)
Keichi (Japanese, dates unknown)
Jôyû (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
late Heian period
dated 1149 (Kyûan 5)

Medium/Technique Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) with gold; joined woodblock construction
Dimensions Height of figure: 141.6 cm (55 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number09.531.1-3
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 40-1; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 13
InscriptionsSee description
Provenance1908, purchased in Japan by Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1909, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1909)