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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art did not answer: met answered HTTP 403

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    306 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "One of the Four Heavenly Kings"6 records

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Heavenly King Virudhaka by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Heavenly King Virudhaka

Unrecorded maker

1368–1644 · Painting, hanging scroll; color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Buddhist Sutra Container by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddhist Sutra Container

Unrecorded maker

1100s–1200s · Metalwork, gilt silver with incised Buddhist designs

Cleared · CC0

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Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake by Katsukawa Shunzan, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake

Katsukawa Shunzan

1781 · Print, One of a triptych of color woodblock prints

Cleared · CC0

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Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe

Unrecorded maker

1400s · Garment, silk and gold thread; embroidery

Cleared · CC0

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Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna by Katsukawa Shunzan, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna

Katsukawa Shunzan

1781 · Print, One of a triptych of color woodblock prints

Cleared · CC0

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Onoe Matsusuke as Usui Sadamitsu by Katsukawa Shunzan, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Onoe Matsusuke as Usui Sadamitsu

Katsukawa Shunzan

1781 · Print, One of a triptych of color woodblock prints

Cleared · CC0

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