Yakushi, the Healing Buddha

Yakushi nyorai zazo
薬師如来坐像　一躯

Japanese

Kamakura period

14th century

Medium/Technique Japanese cypress with polychrome and gold; joined woodblock construction

Dimensions 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.) (height of figure)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz

Accession Number08.148

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 52

ProvenancePurchased by Okakura Kakuzo in Japan for the Museum in 1907. (Accession date: January 9, 1908)