Title: Iconographic Drawing of a Rainmaking Mandala
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 12th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 23 3/8 × 20 3/8 in. (59.4 × 51.8 cm)
Overall with mounting: 59 3/8 × 25 3/8 in. (150.8 × 64.5 cm)
Overall with knobs: 59 3/8 × 27 3/4 in. (150.8 × 70.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Mythical Creatures, term: Dragons, term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas