Kasuga Deer Mandala
mid-1300s to 1400s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Kasuga Deer Mandala, mid-1300s to 1400s. Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336-92) to Muromachi period (1392-1573). Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk; image: 95.6 x 39.1 cm (37 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.); mounted: 184.2 x 63.8 cm (72 1/2 x 25 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1988.19 The deity Takemikazuchi no Mikoto is shown as the Buddha Shakyamuni with a red robe.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 95.6 x 39.1 cm (37 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.); Mounted: 184.2 x 63.8 cm (72 1/2 x 25 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1988.19
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1988, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, The Legacy of Japanese Art, Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29-December 23, 2013).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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