The Four Deities of Mount Kōya
| Title | The Four Deities of Mount Kōya |
|---|---|
| Date | 16th century 16th century |
| Medium | Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk |
| Classification | Paintings |
| Origin | Japan Japan |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“The Four Deities of Mount Kōya” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated 16th century. It is executed in hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk and classified as paintings. In this archive it sits within the zoological illustration 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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Catalogued as paintings. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to 16th century. Explore the wider set of works from the 16th century held in the archive.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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Rights: Public Domain — released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) via The Met Open Access.
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