ManuscriptsJapanese15th century
Section from a Buddhist Cosmology (Nihon koku narabini Shumi shoten zu) with text copied by Monk Ryūi
Muromachi period (1402)
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Monk RyūyūArtist
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H. 29.2 x W. 723.9 cm (11 1/2 x 285 in.)
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