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西国三十三所おふだ帖 第二十七番 書寫山 圓教寺 如意輪観音 「書寫山」
Nyoirin Kannon of Shoshazan Engyô-ji, from an untitled album of prints from the Thirty-three Kannon Temples of the Saigoku Pilgrimage Route
西国三十三所おふだ帖 第二十七番 書寫山 圓教寺 如意輪観音 「書寫山」
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Album page: 26 x 25.3 cm (10 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession NumberRES.60.14.29
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTemple No. 27 on the pilgrimage route. (Note: 27 and 28 have been reversed in the album.)
From an album of 33 small prints and two paintings, RES.60.14.1-35. The prints appear to have been collected from each of the temples on the pilgrimage route; embellished with colors and metallic pigments, probably in a professional workshop; and then gathered together into an album. The small paintings of a priest at the end of the album and a courtier at the beginning may represent respectively Tokudô Shônin, who established the pilgrimage route in the 8th century, and Emperor Kazan, who rediscovered it in the 10th century; or they may represent a priest and a patron closer in time to the compilation of the album.
From an album of 33 small prints and two paintings, RES.60.14.1-35. The prints appear to have been collected from each of the temples on the pilgrimage route; embellished with colors and metallic pigments, probably in a professional workshop; and then gathered together into an album. The small paintings of a priest at the end of the album and a courtier at the beginning may represent respectively Tokudô Shônin, who established the pilgrimage route in the 8th century, and Emperor Kazan, who rediscovered it in the 10th century; or they may represent a priest and a patron closer in time to the compilation of the album.
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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.
NOTE: Lent by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA in 1932.