Kiba (Jīvaka), the Ninth of the Sixteen Arhats, 13th - early 14th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Ink, color, and gold leaf on silkexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more 2013.29.23
On View in Gallery 220expand_more
Buddhist “achievers” (rakan in Japanese, arhat in Sanskrit) strive for “awakening”—enlightenment—and the attaining of nirvana, or salvation. In Hinayana Buddhism, the rakan served as the “perfected one” who gained salvation through his own efforts and overcame the endless cycle of birth and rebirth but was unable to attain the full enlightenment of a bodhisattva. The rakan Kiba (scroll at right) is holding a fly whisk designed to chase away insects without harming them, following the Buddhist law against taking life. Binzuru (left) is shown with a deer, both of them gazing at a waterfall.
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- Title
- Kiba (Jīvaka), the Ninth of the Sixteen Arhats
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.23
- Curator Approved
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