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Kasuga Shrine Mandala

early 1300s
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Sacred deer, the vehicles of the Kasuga deities, move about the shrine compound.

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