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White-robed Kannon, composed of written characters (moji-e)


文字絵白衣観音像
Attributed to: Yamazaki Bennei (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Japanese
Meiji–Taishô era
about 1900s–1910s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions 31.7 x 17.7 cm (12 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession NumberRES.60.17.62
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom a portfolio of sixty-five assorted Buddhist and Shinto prints, RES.60.17.1 to .65.
Signed Shamon Bennei haisho (Respectfully written by Priest Bennei)
沙門弁栄拝書
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.