id: 130358
accession number: 1953.123
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Welcoming Descent of Amida (Amida Raigō), 1300–1333. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk; image: 171.8 x 84.5 cm (67 5/8 x 33 1/4 in.); overall: 269.1 x 113.3 cm (105 15/16 x 44 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1953.123
title: Welcoming Descent of Amida (Amida Raigō)
title in original language: 阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図
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creation date: 1300–1333
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1333
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
technique: hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
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measurements: Image: 171.8 x 84.5 cm (67 5/8 x 33 1/4 in.); Overall: 269.1 x 113.3 cm (105 15/16 x 44 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
opening date: 2019-01-07T05:00:00
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 7-July 8, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Cleveland Museum of Art; Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 16-July 13, 2004).
* The Cleveland Museum of Art; Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29-December 23, 2013).
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PROVENANCE
(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1953
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1953-
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In the Pure Land school of Buddhism, Amida Buddha is the focus of worship. Pictured here is the raigō, or the moment when Amida descends with his retinue to welcome a dying person into his Pure Land, called the Western Paradise. Once there, a person can concentrate on becoming enlightened. Images like this one could be placed before a person on their deathbed to help them stay faithful and motivated to attain birth in the Pure Land.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Sano, Emily J., Randall Laird Nadeau, Alison J. Miller, Erin K. Murphy, and Katherine Crawford Luber. Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism. 2017. fig. 3.1
page number: 42
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 916
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n162
Grotennuis, Elizabeth Ten. "Visions of a Transcendent Realm: Pure Land Images in the Cleveland Museum of Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 7 (1991): 274-300.
page number: Reproduced: p. 288; Mentioned: p. 288-91
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161334
"Reopening of the Asian Galleries at The Cleveland Museum of Art: An Interview with David Franklin." Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art, vol. 44, no. 8 (November/December 2013): pp. 60-63.
page number: Reproduced: p. 61
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Miller, Alison J. "Raigo: The Welcoming Descent of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism." In Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism. Sano, Emily J., Randall Laird Nadeau, and Alison J. Miller, p. 41-49. San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2017.
page number: Reproduced: p. 42, fig. 3.1
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