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Ritual banner with decoration of Sanskrit characters (ban)


Shuji ban
種子幡
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique Silk; embroidery
Dimensions 212.3 cm (83 9/16 in.) (length)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number24.1741.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsRitual objects

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. III (Buddhist dec. arts), no. 28 (2) Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (2022), ch. III (Buddhist Ritual Objects), no. 28(2)
Provenance1924 gift of William Sturgis Bigelow