Title: Segment of Chapter 19 of the Lotus Sutra
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: late 12th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Artist: Attributed to Kujō Kanezane 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1149–1207
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on colored paper decorated with cut gold (kirikane), sprinkled gold (sunago), and silver leaf
Dimensions: 10 x 3 9/16 in. (25.4 x 9.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1990
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY