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Hanging canopy (tengai), Japanese, (Kamakura period, 14th century?). This tengai has a lotus flower at the centre surrounded by rings of floral and scroll designs. A canopy or tengai hangs from the ceiling of Japanese Buddhist temples above the images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. It originated in India as a sunshade used by the nobility and appears as such in early Indian Buddhist images, although it also suggests the foliage of a tree, beneath which persons in authority sat to speak in public. In Japan, the tengai are usually made of painted wood on a metal frame and are often elaborately carved.
JA, 1967.2-20.1

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART211435

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 1600px × 1454px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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