Nichiren in a Contest of Faith with a Levitating Rock at Mount Komuro: The Great Priest, Age 53 (Kôsô Daishi, gojûsan sai); The Rock of the Law (Hôrinseki); Komuro; The Holy Man of Hizen Province, Age 18 (Hizen shônin, jûhassai) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Nichiren in a Contest of Faith with a Levitating Rock at Mount Komuro: The Great Priest, Age 53 (Kôsô Daishi, gojûsan sai); The Rock of the Law (Hôrinseki); Komuro; The Holy Man of Hizen Province, Age 18 (Hizen shônin, jûhassai)

Nichiren in a Contest of Faith with a Levitating Rock at Mount Komuro: The Great Priest, Age 53 (Kôsô Daishi, gojûsan sai); The Rock of the Law (Hôrinseki); Komuro; The Holy Man of Hizen Province, Age 18 (Hizen shônin, jûhassai)

「高僧大士　五十三歳、法輪石、小室、肥前上人　十八歳」

Artist unidentified, Japanese

Japanese

Edo period–Meiji era

19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions 48 x 33 cm (18 7/8 x 13 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number60.1345

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed (signature not fully read; Nichi...)

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.