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The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School
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This painting is the second of a set of two illustrated handscrolls. The first scroll depicts the biography of the Japanese Buddhist monk Ryōnin. This scroll begins with scenes of Ryōnin’s death and relates episodes illustrating the efficacy of following his teachings. Ryōnin asserted the total interconnectedness of all things and the spiritual benefit of chanting the name of the Buddha Amida for one another.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School (融通念仏縁起絵巻), early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper; painting: 29.7 x 1232.4 cm (11 11/16 x 485 3/16 in.); mounted: 30.3 x 1373.5 cm (11 15/16 x 540 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, John L. Severance, and Edward L. Whittemore Funds, 1956.87
