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Shaka, the Historical Buddha, and the Sixteen Protectors of the Daihannya-kyô


Shaka jûroku zenshin zô
釈迦十六善神像
Japanese
Muromachi period
15th–16th centuries

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions 161.6 x 76.2 cm (63 5/8 x 30 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4070
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 81
Inscriptions巨勢大納言金岡卿畫 [外題]
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.