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涅槃図
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The Death of the Historical Buddha
涅槃図
Japanese
Meiji era
1883 (Meiji 16)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 24.4 cm (14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sue Cassidy Clark in honor of Sarah E. Thompson
Accession Number2023.64
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
Signed
Gakô, shuppanjin Ôkura Shirobei
画工 出版人 大倉四郎兵エ
画工 出版人 大倉四郎兵エ
ProvenanceDecember 5, 2021, sold by artelino (online auction house), Icking, Germany, auction no. 1709, item 86143, to Sue Cassidy Clark, New York; 2023, gift of Sue Cassidy Clark to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 15, 2023)