Hail to Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Inconceivable Light (Namu Fukashikikô Nyorai): invocation with light rays and portraits of Hônen and Shinran – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Hail to Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Inconceivable Light (Namu Fukashikikô Nyorai): invocation with light rays and portraits of Hônen and Shinran

Hail to Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Inconceivable Light (Namu Fukashikikô Nyorai): invocation with light rays and portraits of Hônen and Shinran

「南無不可思議光如来」　法然上人と親鸞聖人の肖像

Artist unknown, Japanese

Japanese

Edo period

18th–19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions 27 x 14.3 cm (10 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession NumberRES.60.17.24

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom a portfolio of sixty-five assorted Buddhist and Shinto prints, RES.60.17.1 to .65.

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.