Kasuga Mandala, 春日曼荼羅図, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 35 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (90.2 × 42.5 cm), Paintings, The area of Kasuga was chosen by Fujiwara Fuhito (659–720) to enshrine his ancestral clan deities when the Japanese imperial court moved to Nara in the early eighth century. Here, the Kasuga Shrine and its environs in the ancient capital are depicted in bird’s-eye perspective
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Kasuga Mandala, 春日曼荼羅図, Kamakura period, 1185–1333, 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, silk, Image, 35 1/2, 16 3/4, 90.2, 42.5 cm, Paintings, area, Kasuga, chosen, Fujiwara Fuhito, 659–720, enshrine, ancestral clan, deities, Japanese imperial, court, moved, Nara, early eighth, century, Kasuga Shrine, environs, ancient capital, depicted, bird’-eye perspective
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