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Iconographic Scroll of Various Deities of the Five Directions as Described in the Ninnô-kyô

dated 1184 (Juei 3)
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions29.2 x 483.1 cm (11 1/2 x 190 3/16 in.) (height x width)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6205
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Inscriptions壽永三年甲辰三月戊辰五日甲午寫之 [奥書]                 第一號 古畫佛像稿本栂尾之寶庫ニ残レルコト本朝画史ニ見ユ 、 二十五菩薩圖像 壽永三年寫/栂尾旧蔵 [補紙]
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.