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Welcoming Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas
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About this work
This painting depicts the Buddha Amida arriving to escort a dying person to his Pure Land, or Western Paradise. He is attended by an entourage of 25 bodhisattvas, enlightened beings who are committed to serving others, many of whom provide orchestral accompaniment to herald the momentous occasion. The bodhisattva Kannon kneels, holding a lotus dais for the deceased to ride to their destination.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWelcoming Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas (阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図), mid-1300s. Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, silver, and cut gold on silk; painting: 164.5 x 137.7 cm (64 3/4 x 54 3/16 in.); mounted: 255 x 166.6 cm (100 3/8 x 65 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2025.138
