Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga
mid- to late 1300s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga, mid- to late 1300s. Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336-92). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk; mounted: 184.5 x 58.5 cm (72 5/8 x 23 1/16 in.); painting only: 106 x 42 cm (41 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); with knobs: 184.5 x 63.5 cm (72 5/8 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund 2015.63 A 19th-century copy of this painting in ink and light color exists at the Kyoto City University of Arts.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Mounted: 184.5 x 58.5 cm (72 5/8 x 23 1/16 in.); Painting only: 106 x 42 cm (41 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); with knobs: 184.5 x 63.5 cm (72 5/8 x 25 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2015.63
- Credit Line
- Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund
- Exhibitions
- Japanese and Korean Gallery Rotation, 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 235)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 20-November 16, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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