id:			157150
accession number:	1993.42
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.42
updated:		2025-05-02 11:08:43.450000

Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha (Raigō), c. 1270–1333. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk; painting only: 95.3 x 46.6 cm (37 1/2 x 18 3/8 in.); overall: 171 x 64.2 cm (67 5/16 x 25 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 171 x 68.6 cm (67 5/16 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1993.42

title:				Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha (Raigō)
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creation date:			c. 1270–1333
creation date earliest:		1270
creation date latest:		1333
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting only: 95.3 x 46.6 cm (37 1/2 x 18 3/8 in.); Overall: 171 x 64.2 cm (67 5/16 x 25 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 171 x 68.6 cm (67 5/16 x 27 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism
	opening date:   2017-06-16T04:00:00
	<i>Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism</i>. San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (organizer) (June 16-September 10, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(James J. Freeman, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1993
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1993–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“1993 Annual Report.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 158
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161457

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy Grossman, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan : Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	p. 53
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	Sano, Emily J., Randall Laird Nadeau, and Alison J. Miller. <em>Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism. </em>San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2017. p. 106
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 106, pl. 53
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