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Benzaiten, the Goddess of Music and Good Fortune

(Japanese, 1617–1691)
17th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 118.5 x 60.8 cm (46 5/8 x 23 15/16 in.)
Overall: 209.6 x 81.1 cm (82 1/2 x 31 15/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4565
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenancePrior to 1886 presented by Wakai Kenzaburo of Kosho kaisha to 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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