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Ensô

Ensô

(Japanese, 1912–1998)
20th century
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsImage: 47 x 69.5 cm (18 1/2 x 27 3/8 in.)
Framed: 67.5 x 87 cm (26 9/16 x 34 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession number2014.1528
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
ProvenanceNovember 5, 1973, sold by Art/Asia, Cambridge, MA, to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
Tree
Tree
Morita Shiryû
20th century
Picture of the Sinking of a Russian Warship at the Great Naval Battle at Port Arthur (Ryojun daikaisen Rokan gekichin no zu)
Picture of the Sinking of a Russian Warship at the Great Naval Battle at Port Arthur (Ryojun daikaisen Rokan gekichin no zu)
Morita Kakō
1904 (Meiji 37)
At Incheon Harbor Our Battleships Sink Two Enemy Ships and Defeated Soldiers Flee in Boats, at 11 AM on February 9, 1904 (Jinsenkô ni oite wagakan tekikan nisô o gekichin haihei tantei ni notte tôsô no zu, kono toki Meiji sanjûshichinen nigatsu kokonoka gozen jûichiji)
At Incheon Harbor Our Battleships Sink Two Enemy Ships and Defeated Soldiers Flee in Boats, at 11 AM on February 9, 1904 (Jinsenkô ni oite wagakan tekikan nisô o gekichin haihei tantei ni notte tôsô no zu, kono toki Meiji sanjûshichinen nigatsu kokonoka gozen jûichiji)
Morita Kakō
1904 (Meiji 37), February 15
Image Not Available for Untitled
Untitled
Morita Yûsei
Knife Handle
Knife Handle
Isshinsai Shiryu Fujiwara Tsunenobu
Goshuiwaka-shu known as the Nakanoin-gire
Goshuiwaka-shu known as the Nakanoin-gire
Minamoto Sanetomo
second half of 12th century
Image Not Available for Poem Collection of the Professions (Shokunin uta awase chô)
Poem Collection of the Professions (Shokunin uta awase chô)
Shokado
late 16th to early 17th century
Image Not Available for Hannya Haramita Rishubon
Hannya Haramita Rishubon
14th century
Image Not Available for Lotus Sutra, first scroll (Hokekyô kan dai ichi)
Lotus Sutra, first scroll (Hokekyô kan dai ichi)
925 (Enchô 3)
The Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya kyô)
The Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya kyô)
8th century
Image Not Available for One-line calligraphy by Mokuan: "A guest arrives - a cup of tea" (Mokuan ichigyô sho: kyaku rai ippai cha)
One-line calligraphy by Mokuan: "A guest arrives - a cup of tea" (Mokuan ichigyô sho: kyaku rai ippai cha)
Mokuan Shôtô (Muan Xingtao)
17th century
Image Not Available for Sumiyoshi-hyakushu known as Sumiyoshi-gire
Sumiyoshi-hyakushu known as Sumiyoshi-gire
Fujiwara Shunzei
1190