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  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
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A painted scroll with dark paper with many repeating seated figures. All of the figures are outlined in white and in a cross-legged position. At the center is a larger figure encircled by smaller figures in a square outline. The square is surrounded by more figures in rows.

Womb World Mandala (Taizōkai mandara)

Japanese

Hanging scroll; gold on silk

Kamakura period, 1185-1333

Paintings