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白衣観音図
Byaku-e Kannon, White-Robed Bodhisattva of Compassion
白衣観音図
Kano Motonobu (Japanese, 1476–1559)
Japanese
Muromachi period
first half of the 16th century
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Image: 157.2 × 76.4 cm (61 7/8 × 30 1/16 in.)
Mounted: 250.6 × 97.6 cm (98 5/8 × 38 7/16 in.)
Overall: 253.2 × 104.2 × 3.6 cm (99 11/16 × 41 1/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Mounted: 250.6 × 97.6 cm (98 5/8 × 38 7/16 in.)
Overall: 253.2 × 104.2 × 3.6 cm (99 11/16 × 41 1/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4267
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #36; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 70-1; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 5
ProvenanceDaimyo Hachisuka of Awa Province. Before 1883, sold in Japan by Yamanaka (dealer) to Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 - d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 - d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)