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Embroidered Welcoming Descent of Amida Triad

Embroidered Welcoming Descent of Amida Triad

1400s
(1392–1573)
Hanging scroll; silk and human hair embroidery
Embroidery: 109.1 x 37.2 cm (42 15/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Mounted: 173.1 x 49.4 cm (68 1/8 x 19 7/16 in.)
Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1966.513
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The Contemplation Sutra is a sacred Buddhist text often used in Pure Land Buddhism.

Description

The Buddha Amida arrives here to welcome a person to his Pure Land at the moment of death. A monk, a woman, and a child sit with their hands in prayer, and a beam of light emanating from Amida extends toward them. The inscription at the top indicates that the compassion of Amida Buddha always flows impartially to all those who recite his name, a quote from the Contemplation Sutra.
  • ?–1966
    American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Collection, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1966–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 54, no. 10, 1967, pp. 302–346. Reproduced: no. 175, p. 336; Mentioned: p. 347 www.jstor.org
    Grotenhuis, Elizabeth ten. “Visions of a Transcendent Realm: Pure Land Images in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 78, no. 7, 1991, pp. 274–300. Reproduced: p. 290, fig. 14 www.jstor.org
    Grotenhuis ten, Elizabeth. Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. Reproduced: fig. 85, p. 141
    Grotenhuis, Elizabeth ten. “Bodily Gift and Spiritual Pledge: Human hair in Japanese Buddhist Embroideries." Orientations, Fan/Feb 2004, pp. 31–35. Reproduced: p. 31, fig. 1; p. 32, fig. 1a
    Li, Yuhang. “Embroidering Guanyin: Constructions of the Divine through Hair.” East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, no. 36 (2012): 131–166. Reproduced: p. 157, fig. 2; Mentioned: p. 139 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
  • {{cite web|title=Embroidered Welcoming Descent of Amida Triad|url=false|author=|year=1400s|access-date=17 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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