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The Sutra of the Retribution for Good and Evil Deeds, vol. 1

12th century
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; gold and silver on indigo paper
DimensionsImage: 26.4 × 189.1 cm (10 3/8 × 74 7/16 in.)
Overall (including jiku): 30.4 × 189.1 cm (11 15/16 × 74 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession number19.688
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
Anonymous, Japanese
12th century
Unknown Japanese
12th century
Scenes of Pleasurable Pastimes
Miyagawa Chôshun
before Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Restricted: For reference only
Katsuta Chikuô Teikan
dated 1660 (Manji 3)
Restricted: For reference only
Katsuta Chikuô Teikan
1660 (Manji 3)
Man on horseback
Kaigetsudô Ando
about Hôei (1704–11) - Shôtoku (1711–6) eras
Scenes of Dalliance in Interior Settings
Kano school
late Kan'ei (1624–44) to Kanbun (1661–73) eras