Welcoming Descent of the Amida Buddha Triad, early 14th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.8
Not on Viewexpand_more
The luminous figure of Amida, the Buddha of Boundless Light, descends on a cloud along with two attendant bodhisattvas, Seishi at left and Kannon at right. In what is known as a raigō, or “welcoming descent,” the salvific trio has descended from Amida’s paradise in the Western Pure Land to this world in order to rescue a deceased believer. The devotee will be transported to the Pure Land upon the small lotus pedestal that Kannon holds in his hands. Paintings such as this played an important role in deathbed rituals.
Details
- Title
- Welcoming Descent of the Amida Buddha Triad
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.8
- Provenance
- Ikeda Seihin, Esq.; N.V. Hammer until January, 1967
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 5
- Curator Approved
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