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Parody of Fugen, the Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue


Mitate Fugen Bosatsu zu
見立普賢菩薩図
Kano Akinobu (Japanese, 1773–1826)
Japanese
Edo period
first half of the 19th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions Image: 81.9 x 35 cm (32 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6399
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. I (Kano), no. 268
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.