The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Portrait of Dengyo Daishi (Saicho)," a hanging scroll in ink, color and gold on silk, Edo period, early 18th century, artist unidentified. The record's own title names Saicho, the first Japanese patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, by his posthumous title Dengyo Daishi. Gift, 2020. Accession number 2020.396.6.
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Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845127
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned scroll, the strongest available record for its period and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright by his posthumous title. Connections
Associated With
This source names Saicho directly: "record for "Portrait of Dengyo Daishi (Saicho)," a hanging scroll in ink, color and gold on silk, Edo period, early 18th century, artist unidentified."
Source Portrait of Dengyo Daishi (Saicho), accession 2020.396.6 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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