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Nehan zu
涅槃図
The Death of the Historical Buddha
Nehan zu
涅槃図
Japanese
Edo period
dated 1713 (Shôtoku 3)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 286.4 × 168.6 cm (112 3/4 × 66 3/8 in.)
Overall (including mounting)): 481.3 × 211.1 cm (189 1/2 × 83 1/8 in.)
Overall (including mounting)): 481.3 × 211.1 cm (189 1/2 × 83 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4221
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 72-3; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. I (Kano), no. 323
Signed
Tôbu gako Hanabusa Itchô Fuji Shinkô kyô zu
英一蝶藤信香龔図
英一蝶藤信香龔図
Marks
Fujiwara Shinkô (square, relief seal)
藤原信香
藤原信香
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