Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzosho). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 7/8 in. x 25 ft. 7 1/2 in. (30.2 x 781 cm). Date: late 12th century.The Zuzosho, or Jikkansho, is an encyclopedia of Esoteric Buddhist iconography in ten scrolls. The first edition is datable to the early twelfth century, when multiple versions of the iconography for particular deities made it necessary to assemble and organize a comprehensive guide. This scroll is stylistically close to the oldest extant version of the Zuzosho, housed at Daigoji temple in Kyoto and dating to approximately 1193. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzosho). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 7/8 in. x 25 ft. 7 1/2 in. (30.2 x 781 cm). Date: late 12th century.The Zuzosho, or Jikkansho, is an encyclopedia of Esoteric Buddhist iconography in ten scrolls. The first edition is datable to the early twelfth century, when multiple versions of the iconography for particular deities made it necessary to assemble and organize a comprehensive guide. This scroll is stylistically close to the oldest extant version of the Zuzosho, housed at Daigoji temple in Kyoto and dating to approximately 1193. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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