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| Keywords: Komai Workshop - Okimono of a Pagoda with Famous Scenes - Walters 571567.jpg Here is a five-storied pagoda which in general form is very much like the famous 7th-century one at Horyu-ji near Nara underneath which relics of the Buddha were originally deposited But it is a pagoda transformed hardly a straightforward model On each story are doors and drawers; the pagoda has turned into a cabinet Images transform every surface into something it never was and never could be Steel gold silver and black lacquer have been combined to make vibrant pictures of a sort that might be seen on the painted sliding doors of large interior rooms On each story there are views of such attractions as Mt Fuji the Itsukushima Shrine and the Kiyomizu Temple while the roofs bear images that suggest the skies above butterflies phoenixes geese plovers herons and peacocks ca 1915 Taisho steel silver copper gold and enamel cm 111 1 accession number 57 1567 9499 The Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco 1915 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1915 Transcription Nihon kuni Kyoto ju Komai sei; Translation Made by Komai Kyoto Japan place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Art of Japan in the Walters Art Museum Media from the Walters Art Museum no creator template Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
