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Scroll of the Miroku jôshô-kyô and the Hôkyôin darani originally enshrined in the statue of Miroku, Bodhisattva of the Future

Scroll of the Miroku jôshô-kyô and the Hôkyôin darani originally enshrined in the statue of Miroku, Bodhisattva of the Future

(Japanese, active 1189–1223)
dated 1189
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 25.8 x 491.5 x 2.5 cm (10 3/16 x 193 1/2 x 1 in.)
Other (text): 27.5 x 492.5 cm (10 13/16 x 193 7/8 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number20.723.3
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ClassificationsPaintings
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ProvenanceUntil 1906, Temple of Kôfuku-ji, Nara, Japan; 1906, sold by the Temple of Kôfuku-ji. Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913), Boston; 1920, sold by the estate of Okakura Kakuzô to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1920)