Hanging scroll; gold and color on indigo-dyed silkexpand_more
Gift of Dorothy Mann Cordry, Frederick M. Mann, Jr. and Eleanor Mann Olson, given in memory of their parents, Mr.and Mrs. Frederick Maynard Mann.expand_more 61.16
Followers of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism in Japan believe that, at the moment of death, Amida Buddha will descend from his paradise to receive the soul of a faithful follower. This painting depicts Amida floating downward on clouds. He is accompanied by the bodhisattva Seishi, whose hands are clasped in prayer, and Kannon, who holds a lotus upon which to receive the soul of the dying. The extreme refinement of the painting, rendered entirely in gold on indigo-dyed silk, is a hallmark of Buddhist imagery of Japan's Kamakura period (1185-1333).
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