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四天王像 多聞天
Four Guardian Kings (Tamonten, the Guardian of the North)
四天王像 多聞天
Chômyô (Japanese, active 1233–1295)
Japanese
Kamakura period
13th century
Medium/Technique
One of a set of four panels; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
148.3 x 73.2cm (58 3/8 x 28 13/16in.)
Credit Line
Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4061
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #16; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 41 (4)
ProvenanceAbout 1253 thought to have been made for Isonokami Shrine, Eikyû-ji; after 1868 thought to have been transferred to Tôdai-ji, Nara; prior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA.