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Luohans bestowing alms on suffering human beings
Luohans bestowing alms on suffering human beings

Luohans bestowing alms on suffering human beings

Zhou Jichang (Chinese, second half of 12th century)
about 1178
Country of Origin, for CustomsChina
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 111.5 x 53.1 cm (43 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Overall: 163.2 x 64 x 4.4 cm (64 1/4 x 25 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number95.4
On View
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance13th century, taken from China to Japan and deposited at the temple Jufukuji, Kamakura; transferred by the Hojo family to Soun-ji, Hakone; 1590, removed from Hakone by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (b. 1536 - d. 1598) and presented to the temple Hoko-ji, Kyoto. Late 16th century, became the property of the temple Daitoku-ji, Kyoto; 1895, sold by the temple Daitoku-ji to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 17, 1895)

NOTE:
This is one of ten Chinese paintings that were lent to the MFA in 1894 by the temple Daitoku-ji and sold in 1895 to raise funds for temple repairs. For more information on their provenance, see Wu Tung, "Tales from the land of dragons: 1000 years of Chinese painting" (Boston: MFA, 1997), pp. 160-161, cat. nos. 34-43.