Title: Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 14th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Kamakura (1185–1333)–Nanbokuchō (1336–92) period
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 56 1/8 × 29 13/16 in. (142.5 × 75.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 96 7/16 × 39 1/8 in. (245 × 99.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 96 7/16 × 42 3/8 in. (245 × 107.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Geese, term: Men, term: Dragons, term: Owls, term: Peacocks, term: Elephants, term: Lions, term: Monkeys, term: Tigers, term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas, term: Buddha