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Monju, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom

(Japanese, 1636–1713)
(Japanese, 1730–1790)
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Medium/TechniqueOne of a set of three hanging scrolls; ink and light color on silk
DimensionsImage: 95.6 x 40.6 cm (37 5/8 x 16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6769
On View
Not on view
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.
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latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th century
Landscape
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Guo Ziyi (Kakushigi)
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Landscape
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Landscape
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Shoulao (Jurô)
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Landscape
Kano Eisen'in Hisanobu
first half of the 18th century
Carp Ascending Waterfall
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
dated 1668 (Kanbun 8)
White-Robed Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Kano Tan'yû
dated 1668 (Kanbun 8)