Ban Dainagon Ekotoba

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Painting · c. 1170 · Kyoto · Asia

A lively scroll on the burning of the Ōtenmon gate: crowds of expressive faces and raging fire

Ban Dainagon Ekotoba — Tokiwa Mitsunaga · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Author: attributed to Tokiwa Mitsunaga
Style: Yamato-e, Heian Japanese painting — Japanese stories on long scrolls: a view from above through removed roofs, mood in dense colour
Century: 12th century

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