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GUKYOKU REISAI. Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida
![Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida. Artist: Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369-1452). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (93.4 x 22.3 cm)
Overall with mounting (a): 67 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (170.5 x 24.1 cm)
Overall with knobs (a): 67 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (170.5 x 28.6 cm)
Overall with mounting (b): 67 x 9 1/2 in. (170.2 x 24.1 cm)
Overall with knobs (b): 67 x 11 3/16 in. (170.2 x 28.4 cm). Date: 15th century.
Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha). This couplet, written in Chinese cursive script, reads, from right column to left:
For an utterly evil person,
there is no other expedient means.
Simply recite the name of [A]Mida
to achieve birth in Paradise.
--Trans. John T. Carpenter.](/photos/prev/OGE1ZDYwMA/album_alb3677754.webp)
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Auteur: GUKYOKU REISAI (1369-1452)
Titre: Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida
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Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida. Artist: Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369-1452). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (93.4 x 22.3 cm) Overall with mounting (a): 67 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (170.5 x 24.1 cm) Overall with knobs (a): 67 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (170.5 x 28.6 cm) Overall with mounting (b): 67 x 9 1/2 in. (170.2 x 24.1 cm) Overall with knobs (b): 67 x 11 3/16 in. (170.2 x 28.4 cm). Date: 15th century. Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha). This couplet, written in Chinese cursive script, reads, from right column to left: For an utterly evil person, there is no other expedient means. Simply recite the name of [A]Mida to achieve birth in Paradise. --Trans. John T. Carpenter.
Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida. Artist: Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369-1452). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (93.4 x 22.3 cm) Overall with mounting (a): 67 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (170.5 x 24.1 cm) Overall with knobs (a): 67 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (170.5 x 28.6 cm) Overall with mounting (b): 67 x 9 1/2 in. (170.2 x 24.1 cm) Overall with knobs (b): 67 x 11 3/16 in. (170.2 x 28.4 cm). Date: 15th century. Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha). This couplet, written in Chinese cursive script, reads, from right column to left: For an utterly evil person, there is no other expedient means. Simply recite the name of [A]Mida to achieve birth in Paradise. --Trans. John T. Carpenter.
Technique/matériel: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Période: Nanbokucho period (1336-92)
Musée: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit: Album
Taille de l'image: 2215 × 4466 px | 28.3 MB
Taille d'impression: 18.8 × 37.8 cm | 872.0 × 1758.3 in (300 dpi)
Mots clés: ART ASIATIQUE • ASIA • CALLIGRAPHIE • ENCRE • GUKYOKU REISAI • JAPAN • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA
