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Fugen Bosatsu1248

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Japanese hanging scroll with a central painting of a seated bodhisattva on a lotus throne, surrounded by dense vertical columns of handwritten East Asian text and red seals
Hanging scroll with a central painted image of a bodhisattva figure seated in lotus position atop a white elephant, with golden halo, surrounded by dense columns of Chinese or Japanese text on all sides.
Printed manuscript page with dense vertical columns of Chinese characters in black ink on cream paper, with a row of red rectangular seals along the lower portion and a black rectangular area below.
Printed page with columns of Chinese text in black ink on cream paper, with a large black rectangular block at top and a narrow red decorative border strip separating it from the text below.
Printed page with vertical columns of Chinese text in black ink on aged cream paper, with small red seal marks visible among the characters.
Papyrus fragment with five lines of cursive hieratic script in black ink on pale tan background, with faint ruled horizontal lines visible beneath the text.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Fugen Bosatsu
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1248
Period
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Medium
Section from a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (27.6225 x 13.018 cm); Mount: 60 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (154.31 x 33.66 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2010 Japanese Art Acquisitions Group
Accession Number
M.2010.29
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art