Sakyamuni before his Enlightenment, a section from the Illustrated 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: 27.1 × 40 cm (10 11/16 × 15 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Sylvan Barnet in memory of William C. Burto
Accession number2015.3136
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceMatsunaga Jian (Matsunaga Yasuzemon, b. 1875 - d. 1971). Yabumoto Soshiro (dealer), Tokyo. By 1970, John Powers (d. 1999) and Kimiko Powers, Carbondale, CO [see note]; 2015 sold by Kimiko Powers, through Christie’s, New York, to Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo; 2015, sold by Setsu Gatodo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 2015)
13th century
Artist unidentified, Japanese
744–752
Tsukioka Sessai
about late An'ei (1772–81) to Tenmei (1781–89) eras
