Description
This painting is a fragment of a much larger banner painting, now preserved by mounting on a four-panel continuous folding screen. On the back are Buddhist sutra pages, with text written in gold ink on indigo dyed paper.
Provenance
Mitsura Tajima, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1999–)
Accession Number
1999.119
Medium
Four-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting only: 114 x 115.2 cm (44 7/8 x 45 3/8 in.); Overall: 147.5 x 123.8 cm (58 1/16 x 48 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Mitsuru Tajima in memory of Robert P. Bergman
