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Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light


Amida nyorai ryûzô
阿弥陀如来立像 一躯
Japanese
Kamakura period
latter half of the 13th century

Medium/Technique Japanese cypress with gold and inlaid crystal; joined woodblock construction
Dimensions 79.5 cm (31 5/16 in.) (height of figure)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.129.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 39
ProvenancePurchased from Tamai Kyujiro, dealer in Nara, by Francis Gardner Curtis, 1911