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Byaku-e Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion


白衣観音図
Kikuchi Yôsai (Japanese, 1788–1878)
Japanese
Meiji era
1860s–1870s

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions Image: 98.4 x 39.2 cm (38 3/4 x 15 7/16 in.)
Overall: 181 x 57 cm (71 1/4 x 22 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4780
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. V (Meiji, Taishô, Shôwa), no. 68
ProvenancePrior to 1886, purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886, purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911, bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)