Portrait of Kûya Kôshô Shônin, Second Son of Emperor Daigo, Who Spread the Invocation of the Buddha's Name in This Country (Wagachô nenbutsu guzû no kaizan, Daigo Tennô daini no miya, Kûya Kôshô Shônin no goshin'ei), from Honzan Kûya-dô, Gokuraku-in – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Portrait of Kûya Kôshô Shônin, Second Son of Emperor Daigo, Who Spread the Invocation of the Buddha's Name in This Country (Wagachô nenbutsu guzû no kaizan, Daigo Tennô daini no miya, Kûya Kôshô Shônin no goshin'ei), from Honzan Kûya-dô, Gokuraku-in

Portrait of Kûya Kôshô Shônin, Second Son of Emperor Daigo, Who Spread the Invocation of the Buddha's Name in This Country (Wagachô nenbutsu guzû no kaizan, Daigo Tennô daini no miya, Kûya Kôshô Shônin no goshin'ei), from Honzan Kûya-dô, Gokuraku-in

「我朝念仏弘通之開山　　醍醐天皇第二之宮　空也光勝上人御真影」　「本山空也堂極楽院」

Artist unknown, Japanese

Japanese

Edo period–Meiji era

19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions 23.9 x 8.3 cm (9 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number60.1366

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably from the Kûya-dô Temple, also called Gokuraku-in, in Kyoto.

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceBy 1932, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1960, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: November 9, 1960)

NOTE: Lent by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA in 1932.