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Shômen kongô, the Protector with the Blue Face
Shômen kongô, the Protector with the Blue Face

Shômen kongô, the Protector with the Blue Face

15th–16th centuries
Medium/TechniqueOne from a pair of door paintings; ink, color, and gold on wood
Dimensions50.7 x 23.3 cm (19 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.) (height x width)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6304
On View
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
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.