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Messengers Arrive at the Palace of King Suddhodana, a section from the Sutra of Cause and Effect , Past and Present (Kako genzai e inga-kyô)
Messengers Arrive at the Palace of King Suddhodana, a section from the Sutra of Cause and Effect , Past and Present (Kako genzai e inga-kyô)

Messengers Arrive at the Palace of King Suddhodana, 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
DimensionsImage: 27.3 x 41.9 cm (10 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
Overall (with hanging cord): 106 × 60.6 cm (41 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Charles Burto in honor of Anne Nishimura Morse and Samuel Crowell Morse
Accession number2014.901
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceMatsunaga Jian (Matsunaga Yasuzemon, b. 1875 - d. 1971). 2000, sold by Kochukyo Co., Ltd., 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)
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Figures on left
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