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The Sixteen Contemplations of the Infinite Life Sutra (Kanmuryôju bukkyô jûroku kansô), Painted by Shandao of the Tang, Copied by Shunjôbô Who Came from the Qing, Printed at the Hôzen Temple in Fukagawa (Daitô Zendô Daishi tega, Shunjôbô Seirai no sha, Tôto Fukagawa Hôzen shôja inse)


「観無量寿仏経十六観相」 「大唐善導大師手画俊乗坊清来之写東都深川法禅精舎印施」
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
18th–19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions 59 x 33.5 cm (23 1/4 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27102
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Daitô Zendô Daishi tega, Shunjôbô Seirai no sha, Tôto Fukagawa Hôzen shôja inse
大唐善導大師手画 俊乗坊清来之写 東都深川法禅精舎印施
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.