Shaka, the Historical Buddha, and the Sixteen Rakan

Shaka jûroku rakan zô
釈迦十六羅漢像

Japanese

Edo period

18th–19th centuries

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions 115.4 x 55.9 cm (45 7/16 x 22 in.) (height x width)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Francis Gardner Curtis

Accession NumberRES.28.4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 173

Provenance1928 gift of Mrs. Francis Gardner Curtis