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Fugen enmei bosatsu zuzo
普賢延命菩薩図像
Iconographic Drawing of Fugen enmei, the Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue Who Prolongs Life
Fugen enmei bosatsu zuzo
普賢延命菩薩図像
Japanese
Heian-Kamakura periods
12th century
Medium/Technique
Unmounted drawing; ink on paper
Dimensions
74.6 x 48.5 cm (29 3/8 x 19 1/8 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6238
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 11
Marks
高山寺 [紙背]
Inscriptions普賢延命 廿臂像 玄證（花押）本 [裏書]
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.
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.