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Shaka, the Historical Buddha


Shaka zu
釈迦図
Formerly attributed to: Sesshû Tôyô (Japanese, 1420–1506)
Japanese
Edo period
18th–19th centuries

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions 97.7 x 46.6 cm (38 7/16 x 18 3/8 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4136
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VI (Ink ptg.), no. 26
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.