Title: Amida Nyorai, Manifesting as Dharmakaya, Circa 1680-1700. Early Edo Silk Painting of the Amida Buddha, with Provenance of the 16th Head Priest of Higashi Honganji Temple
Author: Inscribed by Ichinyo Shonin
Condition: Very Good
An Early Edo Period, late 17th century silk painting of the Amida Nyorai, Manifesting as Dharmakaya, standing atop of a lotus dais while radiating beams of light. The rays of light symbolize the forty-eight vows made by the Amida when he was a bodhisattva to help others attain enlightenment.
The painting has been made with considerable detail, the Amida’s vestments highly detailed, despite the size of the painting.
This painting has been inscribed by Ichinyo Shonin, 16th head priest of Higashi Honganji Temple, and founder of the Higashi Betsuin Temple in Nagoya. In his latter decades of life, Shonin was also head priest at the Yao Betsuin Daishinji Temple.
The painting has been neatly mounted onto a brocade decorated kakejiku (hanging scroll), with jikusaki (knobs) made of wood.
One silk painting mounted on a kakejiku (hanging scroll), 53.5 x 24 cm full size, 33 x 14.5 cm main painting
This painting is in good shape, with minor creasing and very minor chipping to a bit of paint. The gold has since faded to the painting.