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Mandala of the Bodhi Tree


Bodai ju mandara zu
菩提樹曼荼羅図
Japanese
Edo period
17th–18th centuries

Medium/Technique Panel; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions 110.3 x 64.6 cm (43 7/16 x 25 7/16 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6256
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 206
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.