Ishiyama-dera engi-emaki

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Anonymous (19th century)
Ishiyama-dera engi-emaki
Two sections of a handscroll framed and glazed; ink and color on paper
12½ x 33 7/8in. (31.7 x 86.1cm.); 12½ x 27 7/8in. (31.7 x 71cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

These two paintings are from a 19th-century copy of the famous 14th-century handscroll narrating the origins and related historical and legendary stories of the Buddhist temple Ishiyama-dera located south of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture.

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