| Native Name | Kakemono |
| Object Number | 29-96-495 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Iconography | Monk | Kukai | Kobo Daishi | Buddhist Monk |
| Inscription Language | Sanskrit |
| Description | Paper Kakemono. Seated Kobo Daishi (Kukai) sits in a red chair holding a vajra and prayer beads. Dainichi Nyorai appears above in two positions at right and left. Above in the center, a gilded disc appears with Sanskrit characters inside supported by a lotus under an ornamental canopy. A lotus bud or leaf form, striped green, gold, red, white and blue forms an immediate background for figures - entire background is black with gold rays. Good condition. |
| Length | 150 cm |
| Width | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.