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Welcoming Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas

阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図

mid-1300s

Japan, Nanbokuchō period

(1336–92)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, silver, and cut gold on silk
Measurements
Painting: 164.5 x 137.7 cm (64 3/4 x 54 3/16 in.); Mounted: 255 x 166.6 cm (100 3/8 x 65 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2025.138
Public Domain
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Location
235B Japanese
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Did You Know?

One of the percussive instruments played by the bodhisattvas in the painting is called a paiban or hakuban in Japanese.

Description

This painting depicts the Buddha Amida arriving to escort a dying person to his Pure Land, or Western Paradise. He is attended by an entourage of 25 bodhisattvas, enlightened beings who are committed to serving others, many of whom provide orchestral accompaniment to herald the momentous occasion. The bodhisattva Kannon kneels, holding a lotus dais for the deceased to ride to their destination.

Welcoming Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas

mid-1300s

Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)

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