Title: 伝託磨為遠筆　月光菩薩像 「金胎仏画帖」断簡|Gakkō Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas” (“Kontai butsugajō”)
Object: Hanging scroll
Artist: Attributed to Takuma Tametō
Artist bio: Japanese, active ca. 1132–74
Date: mid-12th century
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Medium: Page from a book mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: 10 × 5 3/8 in. (25.4 × 13.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 49 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (125.1 × 39.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 49 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (125.1 × 45.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Culture: Japan
Department: Asian Art
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
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Moon|Buddhism|Bodhisattvas