Miraculous Interventions of Jizo Bosatsu, Kamakura Handscroll

A fragment of a horizontal Japanese handscroll painted in ink and muted color on paper. At right, a wheeled carriage with a large spoked wheel and attendants moves across the pale ground, while robed figures and faint cloud forms appear at left.

Artist

Unknown

Date

13th century

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1269 × 403 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art