Title: “Udumbara Flowers” (Udonge) Temple Plaque
Object type: Temple plaque
Date: carved 1741
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Inscription by Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki) 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1592–1673
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Carved wood; lacquer, color, and gold
Dimensions: 23 1/4 × 46 7/16 in. (59 × 118 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Kurt A. Gitter and Alice Yelen Gitter, from the Gitter-Yelen Foundation
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY