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The Transformation of Mara's Arrows and The Temptation by Mara's Daughters, a section from the Sutra of Cause and Effect, Past and Present (Kako genzai e inga-kyô)
The Transformation of Mara's Arrows and The Temptation by Mara's Daughters, a section from the Sutra of Cause and Effect, Past and Present (Kako genzai e inga-kyô)

The Transformation of Mara's Arrows and The Temptation by Mara's Daughters, a section from the Sutra of Cause and Effect, Past and Present (Kako genzai e inga-kyô)

late 13th century
Medium/TechniqueSection of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 112 x 64.5 cm (44 1/8 x 25 3/8 in.)
Image: 27 x 48.1 cm (10 5/8 x 18 15/16 in.)
Lender accessory: 10.5 x 10.1 x 69.7 cm (4 1/8 x 4 x 27 7/16 in.)
Lender accessory: 7.2 x 7.5 x 67 cm (2 13/16 x 2 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Charles Burto in honor of Anne Nishimura Morse and Samuel Crowell Morse
Accession number2014.902
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceMatsunaga Jian (Matsunaga Yasuzemon, b. 1875 - d. 1971). July 11, 2006, sold by Kippei Art Gallery, Tokyo to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)
Artist unknown, Japanese
17th century
Tsukioka Sessai
about late An'ei (1772–81) to Tenmei (1781–89) eras
Figures on left
Hishikawa Moronobu
about late Genroku era (1688–1704)