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Benzaiten, the Goddess of Music and Good Fortune

Benzaiten, the Goddess of Music and Good Fortune

(Japanese, 1835–1883)
19th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 115.4 x 50.6 cm (45 7/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4553
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ClassificationsPaintings
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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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