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Daikyû Shônen (Daxiu Zhengnian) (Chinese, 1215–1289)
Japanese
Kamakura period
13th century
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 26 x 72.1 cm (10 1/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
Overall: 114 x 80 cm (44 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.) with hanging cord and jiku
Overall: 114 x 80 cm (44 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.) with hanging cord and jiku
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession Number2014.1478
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Signed
Written at the request of Tan, Keeper of the Sutra Storage of Kenchô-ji, on the fifteenth day of the second month of the year corresponding to 1289.
By the Song monk Daxiu Zhengnian, while residing in the Zôroku-an.
By the Song monk Daxiu Zhengnian, while residing in the Zôroku-an.
ProvenanceBy 1965, Umezawa Hikotaro (b. 1893 – d. 1969), Tokyo, whose collection became part of the Umezawa Kinenkan (Umezawa Memorial Gallery), Tokyo [see note]. By 1981, S. Yabumoto Company, Ltd., Tokyo; 1981, sold by S. Yabumoto Company to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
NOTE: This scroll was included in the Special Spring Exhibition, Umezawa kinenkan, Tokyo, 1969, no. 11.
NOTE: This scroll was included in the Special Spring Exhibition, Umezawa kinenkan, Tokyo, 1969, no. 11.