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Yakushi, the Healing Buddha


Yakushi nyorai zazô
薬師如来坐像 一躯
Japanese
late Heian period
12th century

Medium/Technique Cherry with gold; split-and-joined construction
Dimensions 80 cm (31 1/2 in.) (height of figure)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number09.533
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 18
Provenance1909 gift of Denman Waldo Ross