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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Medicine Buddha (Yakushi-Nyorai) and His Twelve Attendants

Maker

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Culture

Japanese

Title

Medicine Buddha (Yakushi-Nyorai) and His Twelve Attendants

Period

Muromachi

Year

1400s

Medium

  • ink and color on silk

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • ink and color on silk

Materials

paint

Supports

  • silk

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Overall with mount: 201.9 x 76.2 cm (79 1/2 x 30 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

40.176

Type

  • Paintings

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 17: Variance

This issue complements the RISD Museum exhibition Variance: Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Disability, on view through October 9, 2022.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Unknown Maker, Japanese
Medicine Buddha (Yakushi-Nyorai) and His Twelve Attendants, 1400s
Ink and color on silk
Overall with mount: 201.9 x 76.2 cm (79 1/2 x 30 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 40.176

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