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Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light


Amida nyorai ryûzô
阿弥陀如来立像 一躯
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique Japanese cypress with gold and polychrome; joined woodblock construction
Dimensions 51.5 cm (20 1/4 in.) (height overall)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.11405
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 61
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.