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The Death of the Historical Buddha

Hanabusa Itchô (Japanese, 1652–1724)

Yokoya Sômin (Japanese, 1670 – 1733)

dated 1713 (Shôtoku 3)

Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan

Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

DimensionsImage: 286.4 × 168.6 cm (112 3/4 × 66 3/8 in.)
Overall (including mounting)): 481.3 × 211.1 cm (189 1/2 × 83 1/8 in.)

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4221

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Asia

ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum

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