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Monju with Five Hair Knots

late 1200s–early 1300s
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This painting is exemplary of the Kamakura period, known for artworks with special attention paid to the realism of images.

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