Kishobojin, Main Image of Shôchûzan in Shimôsa Province (=Nakayama Hokekyô-ji, Chiba Prefecture) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Kishobojin, Main Image of Shôchûzan in Shimôsa Province (=Nakayama Hokekyô-ji, Chiba Prefecture)

Kishobojin, Main Image of Shôchûzan in Shimôsa Province (=Nakayama Hokekyô-ji, Chiba Prefecture)

「御祈祷　下総正中山　本尊　鬼子母神」

Artist unknown, Japanese

Japanese

Edo period–Meiji era

19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions 35.2 x 13.6 cm (13 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number60.1360

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe image of Kishibojin (Hariti) at the temple is said to have been carved by Nichiren himself.

Signed Unsigned
無款

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.