The Legend of Amaterasu (天照), Who Locks Herself Inside the Rock-Cave of Heaven (天の岩戸); Nehan (仏涅槃)

By Kōno Bairei

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Artist

Kōno Bairei

(幸野楳嶺; 1844–1895)

Meiji era

Diptych of hanging scrolls; (Amaterasu) ink, color, and gold on silk; (Nehan) ink and gold on silk

Each scroll 70.5 x 27 cm (27 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Burke 1993, pl. 12, 13/no. 18

Burke, Mary Griggs

1993

Japanese Art: Personal Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Delray Beach, Fla.: The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.

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Conant et al. 1995, no. 16.

Conant, Ellen P., Steven D. Owyoung, and J. Thomas Rimer [Conant et al.]

1995

Nihonga: Transcending the Past; Japanese Style Painting, 1868–1968. Exh. cat. Saint Louis: Saint Louis Art Museum; [Tokyo]: Japan Foundation.