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Bosatsu ryûzô
菩薩立像 一躯
Detail: 3/4 left profile
Bodhisattva
Bosatsu ryûzô
菩薩立像 一躯
Japanese
Heian period
late 8th – early 9th centuries
Medium/Technique
Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) with polychrome; single woodblock construction
Dimensions
Overall (Figure standing on base): 224.8 x 86.4 x 86.4 cm (88 1/2 x 34 x 34 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.128
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #22; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 39; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 4
Provenance1912 purchased from Tamai Kyûjirô, dealer in Nara, by Francis Gardner Curtis and Okakura Kakuzô.