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Visiting the Four Continents

The final ten paintings are dedicated to the Four Continents, the lands that lie in the four cardinal directions of Mount Sumeru, the center of the world in Buddhist cosmology.
The final ten paintings are dedicated to the Four Continents, the lands that lie in the four cardinal directions of Mount Sumeru, the center of the world in Buddhist cosmology.

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