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The Tale of a Sparrow Who Became a Buddhist Monk

Exhibition information: There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

This narrative picture scroll recounts a tale about a sparrow named Kotōta. After his child is eaten by a snake, Kotōta exchanges poems with other birds who have come to console him, and eventually renounces the world. The vertical length of this scroll is only about half of regular lengths of other scrolls.

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Period/Century: Muromachi–Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century
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Material: Color on paper
Size: 15.8　970.8
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Donor: Gift of Ms. Mita Etsuko
Collection reference no.: A-12451
Genre: Painting
Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints > Japan > Yamato-e

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