Title: Iconographic Drawings of the Five Kings of Wisdom (Myōō-bu shoson)
Object type: Handscroll
Date: 12th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 13 1/4 in. x 42 ft. 2 3/16 in. (33.7 x 1285.7 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: Swords, term: Buddhism, term: Deities