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Iconographic drawing of a Mandala for Invoking Rain


Shôukyô mandara zuzô
請雨経曼荼羅図像
Japanese
Muromachi period
15th century

Medium/Technique Unmounted painting; ink on paper
Dimensions 56.3 x 50.6 cm (22 3/16 x 19 15/16 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6241
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 163
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.