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29-96-381
From: Japan | Nara | Buddhist Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Ranma 欄間 |
| Object Number | 29-96-381 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Japan | Nara | Buddhist Temple |
| Period | Meiji Period (uncertain) | Edo Period (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Meiji-19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Tennin | Karyobinga | Flute |
| Description | Wooden ranma. Represents a winged tennin in clouds called a karyobinga (迦陵頻伽). She holds a reed double flute (hichiriki). |
| Length | 150 cm |
| Width | 81.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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