Description
拾遺古徳伝絵断簡|Illustrated Biography of Hōnen (Shūikotokūden-e), Unknown artist (ca. 1310–20).
Section of handscroll mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Original: Image: 16 x 14 15/16 in. (40.7 x 38 cm)
Overall with mounting: 55 x 28 5/8 in. (139.7 x 72.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 55 x 30 1/2 in. (139.7 x 77.5 cm).
Purchase, Gifts of Mrs. Russel Sage, Mrs. Peter Gerhard, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Percy, Charles Stewart Smith, Mrs. V. Everit Macy, Mrs. Thomas Van Buren, Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Hartwell J. Staples, Mrs. George A. Crocker and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Coleman, by exchange; Bequests of Edward C. Moore, James Alexander Scrymser and Stephen Whitney Phoenix, by exchange; Rogers Fund and funds from various donors, 1980. Printed from The Met’s Open Access image (CC0). View the original at The Met (object 44852).