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Portrait of Ryôgen (Ganzan Daishi)


良源像 (元三大師)
Japanese
Muromachi period
16th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions 55.9 x 27.4 cm (22 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number60.1383
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRyôgen (912-985) was the 18th head of the Tendai sect.
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.