Title: Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave with Music; Death of the Historical Buddha
Object type: Hanging scrolls
Date: late 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Kōno Bairei 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1844–1895
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image (a): 27 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (71 × 27 cm)
Overall with mounting (a): 61 × 13 3/16 in. (155 × 33.5 cm)
Overall with knobs (a): 61 × 15 1/8 in. (155 × 38.4 cm)
Image (b): 27 7/8 × 10 11/16 in. (70.8 × 27.2 cm)
Overall with mounting (b): 60 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (154.7 × 33.4 cm)
Overall with knobs (b): 60 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (154.7 × 38.4 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: Caves, term: Landscapes