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Frontispiece Painting of the Sutra of Meditation on Samantabhadra from the Threefold Lotus Sutra, Chūsonji Versionearly 12th century

Not on view
Hanging scroll with a deep blue painted panel depicting a gold-line landscape with rocky cliffs, pine trees, clouds, and a standing multi-armed halo figure, mounted on aged silver-gray paper with gold-speckled cream borders
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Frontispiece Painting of the Sutra of Meditation on Samantabhadra from the Threefold Lotus Sutra, Chūsonji Version
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 12th century
Period
Heian period (794 - 1185)
Medium
Hanging scroll; gold and silver on indigo paper
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.77 x 19.69 cm); Mount: 41 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (104.78 x 32.39 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2011 Japanese Art Acquisitions Group
Accession Number
M.2011.74
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.