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Shaka, the Historical Buddha


Shaka nyorai zô
釈迦如来像
Japanese
Muromachi period
15th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions 92.7 x 39.3 cm (36 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4093
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 88
Inscriptions釋迦如來 六百九十年 託摩爲久 [書付]
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.