Parinirvana of Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha, 14th century, Unknown Japanese, 61 × 41 15/16 in. ( × cm) (image only)85 × 48 1/2 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller)87 × 51 1/2 in. ( × cm) (with roller), Ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan, 14th century, Tradition holds that on a moonlit night some 2,500 years ago, the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, passed away, lying on a couch in a grove of holy sala trees in the Himalayan foothills. As this sacred painting shows, a diverse host of mourners—humans, divine beings, all variety of animal life

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