White-Robed Kannon, inscribed with the Heart Sutra, by Tanomura Chikuden, 1835
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White-Robed Kannon, inscribed with the Heart Sutra

Tanomura Chikuden (Japanese, 1777–1835)

1835

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image: 46 in. × 9 7/8 in. (116.8 × 25.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 71 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (181.5 × 28.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 71 7/16 × 13 in. (181.5 × 33 cm)
Culture
Japan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2025
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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