Title: Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 15th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 74 x 43 5/16 in. (188 x 110 cm)
Overall with mounting: 114 1/2 × 56 in. (290.8 × 142.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 114 1/2 x 59 1/2 in. (290.8 x 151.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1944
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Human Figures, term: Animals, term: Sadness, term: Elephants, term: Buddha, term: Death