Kasuga Shrine Mandala
early 1300s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Kasuga Shrine Mandala, early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk ; overall: 193.6 x 58.8 cm (76 1/4 x 23 1/8 in.); painting only: 110 x 40.9 cm (43 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2015.137 Sacred deer, the vehicles of the Kasuga deities, move about the shrine compound.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 193.6 x 58.8 cm (76 1/4 x 23 1/8 in.); Painting only: 110 x 40.9 cm (43 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2015.137
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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