Height: 329.000 mm (scroll
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Width: 19940.000 mm (scroll
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Height: 329.000 mm (scroll
1)
Width: 19940.000 mm (scroll
1)
Height: 329.000 mm (scroll
1)
Width: 19940.000 mm (scroll
1)
William Anderson Collection
Asia JA JP 180-182 (1881.12-10.0277-79)
Asia
Life of Shaka, a set of 3 handscroll paintings
Japan
Edo period, late
17th century AD
The story, which evolved in medieval Japan, interweaves the basic religious message of the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama through his enlightenment to become the Buddha Shakyamuni (Japanese: Shaka), with the more human story of his relationship to his mother Queen Maya. In this scene he gains enlightenment.
I. Hirayama and T. Kobayashi (eds.), Hizō Nihon bijutsu taikan-1, vol. 2 (Tokyo, Kodansha, 1992)
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Japanese art from the Edo period , £9.99