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Benten on a rock by the sea
Welcoming Descent of the Buddha of Infinite Light and Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas
Benten
Buddhist apsara playing a zither
Buddhist apsara playing the biwa (lute)
Benten (Sarasvati) seated on a rock
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Topic:"Musical instruments"
Culture:"Japanese"
Place:"Japan"
Topic:"Art"
Metadata usage:"Not determined"
data source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
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Google Cultural Institute
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culture
Apsarases
3
Buddhists
3
date
1610s
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1620s
18
1630s
18
1640s
18
1860s
20
topic
Japanese Art
30
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
18
WWII-era provenance
15
media_usage
Not determined
30
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