Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺 | Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave; Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu) | Japan | Meiji period (1868–1912)

Title: Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave; Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)

Artist: Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺 (Japanese, 1844–1895)

Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)

Date: late 19th century

Culture: Japan

Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions: Image (a): 27 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (71 × 27 cm)
Overall with mounting (a): 61 × 13 3/16 in. (155 × 33.5 cm)
Overall with knobs (a): 61 × 15 1/8 in. (155 × 38.4 cm)
Image (b): 27 7/8 × 10 11/16 in. (70.8 × 27.2 cm)
Overall with mounting (b): 60 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (154.7 × 33.4 cm)
Overall with knobs (b): 60 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (154.7 × 38.4 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015

Accession Number: 2015.300.210a, b

Signature: Artists seal Kōno Hōin 幸野豊印 impressed at lower outside edge of each scroll.

[ Leighton R. Longhi Inc. , New York, until 1987; sold to Burke]; Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation , New York (until 2015; donated to MMA)

Delray Beach. Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. "Japanese Art: Personal Selections from The Mary and Jackson Burke Collection," January 30, 1993–March 28, 1993.

Saint Louis Art Museum. "Nihonga: A Century of Modern Japanese-Style Painting," November 2, 1995–December 30, 1995.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Post-renovation opening exhibition: Japanese galleries," April 11, 2006–January 17, 2007.

Murase, Miyeko, Il Kim, Shi-yee Liu, Gratia Williams Nakahashi, Stephanie Wada, Soyoung Lee, and David Sensabaugh. Art Through a Lifetime: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Vol. 1, Japanese Paintings, Printed Works, Calligraphy. [New York]: Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, [2013], p. 339, cat. no. 418.

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