illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.4.2
- Title
- Object: Nichiren dai-shonin chugasan 日蓮大聖人註画讃
- Description
-
Illustrated book. Vol. 2 from a set of two volumes in five parts. Woodblock-printed
- Production date
- 1632
- Dimensions
-
Height: 27 centimetres
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Width: 19 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Monk Nichiren (1222-1282) was a fervant believer in the supremacy of the Lotus Sutra and founded a major sect of Japanese Buddhism that bears his name. This early printed biography concludes with the death of Nichiren surrounded by lamenting pupils (far left).
(labelo copy, TTC, 1998)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
2022 16 Apr-12 Jun, Tokyo, Suntory Museum of Art, Hokusai from the British Museum
2023–2024 Oct-Jan, Santa Ana, CA, USA, Bowers Museum, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.4.2
- Additional IDs
-
Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.4 (Hillier no.)