Artist
attributed to Takuma Tametō
(宅間為遠; fl. ca. 1132–74)
Catalogue information
Late Heian period, mid-12th century
Page from book, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
25 x 12.8 cm (9 7/8 x 5 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Literature
Ōmura Seigai 1919–22, no. 11
; 1919–22
[Editor]. Bukkyō zuzō shūko (Collection of Buddhist images). Tokyo: Bukkyō Zuzō Shūko Kankōkai.
Murase 1975, no. 14
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Yanagisawa Taka 1980, no. 86
; 1980
[Editor]. Bukkyō kaiga (Buddhist painting). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 1. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.
Kaufman 1985, fig. 4
; 1985
“Practice and Piety: Buddhist Art in Use.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 91–99.
Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 2
; 1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.
Avitabile 1990, no. 11
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Murase 2000, no. 11.
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 20 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
Dai Shōjin Bosatsu, Sanmaiyagyō, Futaikongō, shuji,
followed by a seed syllable for Naraenten