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The Descent of Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, and Two Attendants


Amida sanzon raigo zu
阿弥陀三尊来迎図
Japanese
Muromachi period
14th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
Dimensions 102.2 x 42.6 cm (40 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz
Accession Number08.113
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 129
Inscriptions三尊之軸 惠心儈都御筆三尊之尊像 山門ヨリ伝來寶物 元禄十丁丑歳八月十五日表装改メ 心誉助給道心寄附 [墨書]
元禄十丁丑年八月十五日 宝樹山銀山寺什物 八世刹蓮社淨誉丘縁代
三尊之弥陀如来 表具之施主心誉助給道心 [裏書]
ProvenancePurchased by Mr. Okakura Kakuzo in Japan; assigned January 1908 to Mrs. W. Scott Fitz's gift of July 1907.