Images of Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, from inside the central image of Jôruri-ji Temple

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Images of Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, from inside the central image of Jôruri-ji Temple

阿弥陀如来像　浄瑠璃寺

Artist unknown, Japanese

Japanese

Heian period

12th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions 40.5 x 28.3 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number60.1371

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mitsui, Nihon no bukkyô hanga (1986), #s3-4; Baskett, Footprints of the Buddha (1980), #s 2-4; Ishida, trans. Terry, Japanese Buddhist Prints (1964), #s 39-40

DescriptionMFA impressions: 29.719, 60.1371

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceBy 1932, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1960, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: November 9, 1960)

NOTE: Lent by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA in 1932.