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