Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga

Title	Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga
Date	mid- to late 1300s
Medium	Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk
Classification	Painting
Origin	Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)

Themes: Celestial charts & astronomy

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“Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated mid- to late 1300s. It is executed in hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk and classified as painting. In this archive it sits within the celestial charts & astronomy tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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