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Wenshu (Manjusri)
Inscription attributed to: Yu Ji (Chinese, 1272–1348)
Chinese
Ming dynasty
about 1578
Medium/Technique
Handcolored woodblock print
Dimensions
118.6 x 61.8 cm (46 11/16 x 24 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number55.988
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions文殊菩薩出山像
Portrait of Bodhisattva Manjushri Descending from the Mountain
至元五年，歲在己卯，十有一月，戊辰吉日。
前奎章閣侍書學士翰林侍講學士、通奉大夫、知制誥同修國史虞集薰沐敬獻。
On the auspicious wuchen day, 11th month of the year 1339, Yu Ji (1272-1348), a former writer-academician (shishu xueshi) of the Academy of Scholars in the Kuizhang Pavilion (Kuizhang ge xueshi), Grand Master for Thorough Service (tongfeng dafu), and Compiler in the Historiography Academy, offered this respectfully, perfumed and bathed.
Portrait of Bodhisattva Manjushri Descending from the Mountain
至元五年，歲在己卯，十有一月，戊辰吉日。
前奎章閣侍書學士翰林侍講學士、通奉大夫、知制誥同修國史虞集薰沐敬獻。
On the auspicious wuchen day, 11th month of the year 1339, Yu Ji (1272-1348), a former writer-academician (shishu xueshi) of the Academy of Scholars in the Kuizhang Pavilion (Kuizhang ge xueshi), Grand Master for Thorough Service (tongfeng dafu), and Compiler in the Historiography Academy, offered this respectfully, perfumed and bathed.
ProvenanceAbout 1931, purchased in Japan by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1955, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: December 8, 1955)
NOTE: Purchased in Japan with the assistance of Mr. Sadajiro Yamanaka. Lent by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA in 1932.
NOTE: Purchased in Japan with the assistance of Mr. Sadajiro Yamanaka. Lent by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA in 1932.