The Bodhisattva Jizō

Intan · 1291

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Charcoal
41% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.5:1

Smoke
25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1

Ash
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1

Silver
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1

Raw umber
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

Fawn
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

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Artist: Intan
Japanese, active 13th century
Date: 1291
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) with polychrome pigments, gold paint (kindei), cut gold leaf (kirikane), and rock-crystal eyes
Size: H (with pedestal) 53 1/2 in. (135.9 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Place: Japan
Period: 13th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 40, colourfulness 4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund, by exchange, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, and Fletcher Fund, 2023. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Bodhisattva Jizō

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