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Scroll of the Miroku jôshô-kyô and the Hôkyôin darani originally enshrined in the statue of Miroku, Bodhisattva of the Future


Miroku jôshô-kyô to Hôkyôin darani
弥勒菩薩立像 一躯
Kaikei (Japanese, active 1189–1223)
Japanese
Kamakura period
dated 1189

Medium/Technique Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 25.8 x 491.5 x 2.5 cm (10 3/16 x 193 1/2 x 1 in.)
Other (text): 27.5 x 492.5 cm (10 13/16 x 193 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number20.723.3
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #23-2; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 43; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 33
ProvenanceUntil 1906, Temple of Kôfuku-ji, Nara, Japan; 1906, sold by the Temple of Kôfuku-ji. Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913), Boston; 1920, sold by the estate of Okakura Kakuzô to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1920)