Title: Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Benevolent Deities
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: late 14th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)
Artist:  Unidentified artist Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 55 x 26 in. (139.7 x 66 cm)
Overall with mounting: 93 1/4 x 34 1/4 in. (236.9 x 87 cm)
Overall with knobs: 93 1/4 x 36 3/8 in. (236.9 x 92.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Sue Cassidy Clark Gift, in honor of Donald Keene, 2012
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Elephants, term: Lions, term: Buddhism, term: Buddha, term: Shakyamuni, term: Deities, term: Monks