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Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave with Music; Death of the Historical Buddha by Kōno Bairei (幸野楳嶺), painting, 1868-1899

Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave with Music; Death of the Historical Buddha

Kōno Bairei (幸野楳嶺)

Year
1868-1899
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)
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Painting
Culture
Japan
Period
Meiji period (1868–1912)

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