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The Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha and Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, ???????????, Edo period (1615–1868), 1668, Japan, Hanging scroll; color and gold on silk, Image: 51 1/8 x 24 1/4 in. (129.9 x 61.6 cm), Paintings, According to Pure Land belief, Amida Buddha (Amitabha) welcomes faithful devotees to the Western Paradise, where they can achieve perfect spiritual development. Paintings such as this one, which represent Amida descending to welcome a faithful soul to paradise, attended by a host of bodhisattvas, are known as raigozu ('descent pictures.
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The Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha and Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, ???????????, Edo period (1615–1868), 1668, Japan, Hanging scroll; color and gold on silk, Image: 51 1/8 x 24 1/4 in. (129.9 x 61.6 cm), Paintings, According to Pure Land belief, Amida Buddha (Amitabha) welcomes faithful devotees to the Western Paradise, where they can achieve perfect spiritual development. Paintings such as this one, which represent Amida descending to welcome a faithful soul to paradise, attended by a host of bodhisattvas, are known as raigozu ('descent pictures
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Album / quintlox
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2772 x 4585 px | 36.4 MB
Print size:
23.5 x 38.8 cm | 9.2 x 15.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
129.9 61.6 CM • 1615–1868 • 1668 • 51 1/8 X 24 1/4 • ACCORDING • ACHIEVE PERFECT • AMIDA BUDDHA • AMITABHA • ATTENDED • BODHISATTVAS • COLOR • COLOUR • DESCENDING • DESCENT PICTURES • DESCENT • DEVELOPMENT • DEVOTEES • EDO PERIOD • EDO-PERIOD • FAITHFUL SOUL • FLUSH • GOLD • GOLD, ALL • GOLDEN • GOLDSMITH • HANGING SCROLL • HOST • IMAGE • JAPAN • JAPAN-EDO PERIOD • JAPAN. • JAPANESE • PAINTINGS • PARADISE • PURE LAND BELIEF • RAIGOZU • REPRESENT AMIDA • SILK • SPIRITUAL • TEXTILES: SILK • TWENTY-FIVE BODHISATTVAS • WELCOME • WELCOMES FAITHFUL • WELCOMING • WESTERN PARADISE
