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Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)

Japan artist · late 13th century

Palette

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Artist

Japan artist

Date

late 13th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Set of five handscrolls; ink, color, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on paper

Size

a: 11 5/16 in. × 22 ft. 7 7/16 in. (28.8 × 689.4 cm) b: 11 5/16 in. × 25 ft. 3/8 in. (28.8 × 763 cm) c: 11 5/16 x 274 1/8 in. (28.8 x 696.3 cm) d: 11 5/16 x 224 15/16 in. (28.8 x 571.4 cm) e: 11 5/16 x 352 3/16 in. (28.8 x 894.5 cm)

Place

Japan

Period

13th century

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 21

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1925. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules