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春日宮曼荼羅図
Mandala of Kasuga Shrine
春日宮曼荼羅図
Japanese
Nanbokuchō period
14th century
Medium/Technique
Panel; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Image: 146.3 × 90.5 cm (57 5/8 × 35 5/8 in.)
Framed: 228.6 × 116.2 cm (90 × 45 3/4 in.)
Framed: 228.6 × 116.2 cm (90 × 45 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6261
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #20; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 61; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 77
Inscriptions舊記日／奉勸請春日御曼陀羅／于時應永卅五年戊申六月十一日／奉修復／
寶徳三年辛未二月日／同 寛文拾二年壬子七月十二日／住持慶願／同 安永七年戊辰七月日／住持慶運 [裏書]
寶徳三年辛未二月日／同 寛文拾二年壬子七月十二日／住持慶願／同 安永七年戊辰七月日／住持慶運 [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.