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The Descent of Jizô, the Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix


Jizo bosatsu raigo zu
地蔵菩薩来迎図
Japanese
Nanbokuchô period
14th century

Medium/Technique Panel; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions Overall (with frame): 182.9 × 59.7 cm (72 × 23 1/2 in.)
Image: 94.7 × 38.9 cm (37 5/16 × 15 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6185
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 76
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.