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Japanese painting on silk: robed figures on green ground under dark blue sky with gold clouds and red dragons, pines at right.

Scene from the Life of the Buddha

Against a dark blue sky with gold clouds and red dragon-like forms, robed figures stand and kneel on a green ground beside pine trees and a pale tan wall. Ink, color, and gold on silk show this hanging-scroll section, with figures spaced in quiet, rhythmic groups across the scene.

Artist
Unknown
Date
early 15th century
Medium
Section of a wall panel mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3811 × 2601 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1434).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Alvin E. Friedman-Kien, 1993

Español: Escena de la vida de Buda

Bajo un cielo azul oscuro con nubes doradas y formas rojizas parecidas a dragones, figuras con túnicas están de pie y arrodilladas sobre un suelo verde, junto a pinos y un muro beige pálido. La tinta, el color y el oro sobre seda muestran esta sección de un rollo colgante, con figuras dispuestas en grupos tranquilos y rítmicos.

Português: Cena da vida de Buda

Sob um céu azul-escuro com nuvens douradas e formas avermelhadas semelhantes a dragões, figuras de vestes estão de pé e ajoelhadas sobre um chão verde, ao lado de pinheiros e de um muro bege pálido. Tinta, cor e ouro sobre seda mostram este fragmento de rolo pendurado, com figuras distribuídas em grupos calmos e rítmicos.