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Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano

熊野宮曼荼羅図

1300s

Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333) to Nanbokuchō period

(1336–92)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Measurements
Image: 134 x 62 cm (52 3/4 x 24 7/16 in.); Overall: 217.2 x 80 cm (85 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1953.16
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Did You Know?

The sacred waterfall at the top right of the painting is called Nachi.

Description

This painting depicts the three shrines of Kumano from a bird’s-eye perspective, with the Buddhist counterparts of the kami of each shrine hall shown in discs directly above the halls. It also features figures, both pilgrims and deities, along the pilgrimage route and at the shrines. It is the only surviving work illustrating architectural representations of all three shrines in the same painting. They are compressed into a stacked composition, with the Nachi shrine at the top, the Shingū in the middle, and the Hongū at the bottom.
A vertically long hanging scroll painting of three red-roofed buildings in a stacked composition. The buildings are laid out in a square with a large courtyard, nestled in the countryside among hills and rivers.

Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano

1300s

Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333) to Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)

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