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Portrait of Nichiren

Japanese
Edo period
18th–19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions 35.5 x 14.3 cm (14 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession NumberRES.60.17.40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom a portfolio of sixty-five assorted Buddhist and Shinto prints, RES.60.17.1 to .65.
Signed Nyûdô Kanchô Nichien (?)
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.