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Bishamonten, the Guardian of the North, with His Retinue


Bishamonten zo
毘沙門天像
Japanese
Kamakura period
late 12th–early 13th centuries

Medium/Technique Panel; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
Dimensions 119.1 x 68.1cm (46 7/8 x 26 13/16in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number05.202
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #10; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 54-5; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 42
Provenance1905 purchased by Okakura Kakuzô in Japan