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The Six Manifestations of Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion (Byaku-e Kannon, the White-Robed Bodhisattva of Compassion)


六観音像扉絵 白衣観音
Japanese
Kamakura - Nanbokuchô periods
14th century

Medium/Technique One from a set of six door paintings; ink, color, and gold on wood
Dimensions 63.2 x 20.8 cm (24 7/8 x 8 3/16 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 30 (6)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.