{"product_id":"amida-sanzonbutsu-welcoming-descent-of-the-amida-buddha-triad-circa-1650-1750-a-vibrantly-painted-depiction-of-amida-nyorai-kannon-and-seishi-bodhisattva","title":"Amida Sanzonbutsu (Welcoming Descent of the Amida Buddha Triad), Circa 1650-1750. A Vibrantly Painted Depiction of Amida Nyorai, Kannon and Seishi Bodhisattva","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTitle: Amida Sanzonbutsu (Welcoming Descent of the Amida Buddha Triad), Circa 1650-1750. A Vibrantly Painted Depiction of Amida Nyorai, Kannon and Seishi Bodhisattva\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAn Early to Mid Edo Period, 17th to 18th century painting depicting the Welcoming Descent of the Amida Buddha Triad, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003efeaturing a central figure of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAmida Nyorai, flanked on either side by Kannon Bodhisattva on the left and Seishi Bodhisattva on the right. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe painting has been produced in vivid color, the Amida Nyorai painted in gold leaf, whilst his vestments and the attendants are painted with a variety of hues and details. Even the billowing clouds they stand atop show considerable skill and brushwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe Bodhisattvas serve as attendants \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003eat the forefront sweeping to earth on a bank of silvery clouds. They have arrived to \"welcome\" a dying devotee into the Pure Land (Western Paradise) over which Amida Buddha presides. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIt is based on the Sutra of Immeasurable Life and the Sutra of Contemplation of Immeasurable Life. Kannon Bodhisattva is the incarnation of Amida Nyorai's \"compassion,\" while Seishi Bodhisattva is the incarnation of \"wisdom.\" Kannon Bodhisattva, the attendant, represents Amida's kebutsu (a Buddha transformed into a Buddha) in front of the topknot on top of his head, and Seishi Bodhisattva represents a water jar in the same position, so the two attendants are relatively easy to distinguish from each other. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003eRaigo or \"welcoming descent\" paintings of this kind became popular during the late Heian (eleventh through twelfth centuries) and Kamakura (1185-1333) periods, with numerous copies made through later periods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003eThe raigō theme, first originating in China, was introduced to Japan by the monk Ennin (794-864) in the ninth century and made popular with the teachings of the monk Genshin (942-1017) during the eleventh century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe painting has been neatly mounted onto a brocade decorated \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scroll), with \u003ci\u003ejikusaki\u003c\/i\u003e (knobs) made of lacquered wood. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eOne painting mounted on a \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scroll), 145 x 51.5 cm full size, 68.5 x 36 cm main painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThis painting is in very good shape, with some creases to the painting. There is very little cracking to the paint, despite the creases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51632048144695,"sku":null,"price":1375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20260106_174824_4409c0a7-0c74-4a6a-8607-72036aec8aec.jpg?v=1770084405","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/amida-sanzonbutsu-welcoming-descent-of-the-amida-buddha-triad-circa-1650-1750-a-vibrantly-painted-depiction-of-amida-nyorai-kannon-and-seishi-bodhisattva","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}