Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave; Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu), Kōno Bairei

Japan; pair of hanging scrolls; paintings. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: late 19th century. Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: Image (a): 27 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (71 × 27 cm); Overall with mounting (a): 61 × 13 3/16 in. (155 × 33.5 cm); Overall with knobs (a): 61 × 15 1/8 in. (155 × 38.4 cm); Image (b): 27 7/8 × 10 11/16 in. (70.8 × 27.2 cm); Overall with mounting (b): 60 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (154.7 × 33.4 cm); ; Overall with knobs (b): 60 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (154.7 × 38.4 cm). Medium: gold, ink, silk. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. MET DP-12232-266