{"product_id":"jusan-butsu-the-thirteen-buddhas-and-bodhisattvas-circa-1500-1600-late-muromachi-period-silk-painting-of-the-buddhas-and-bodhisattvas-involved-in-the-judgments-of-the-underworld-beautifully-painted-in-heavy-detail-with-heavy-brushwork","title":"Jusan Butsu. The Thirteen Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Circa 1500-1600. Late Muromachi Period Silk Painting of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Involved in the Judgments of the Underworld, Beautifully Painted in Heavy Detail, with Heavy Brushwork","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: Jusan Butsu. The Thirteen Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Circa 1500-1600. Late Muromachi Period Silk Painting of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Involved in the Judgments of the Underworld, Beautifully Painted in Heavy Detail, with Heavy Brushwork\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';\"\u003eA Late Muromachi Period, 16th century silk painting depicting the assembly of the 'Thirteen Deities' of the Japanese Shingon School of Vajrayana Buddhism, depicting Thirteen Buddhas and Bodhisattvas amongst billowing clouds.\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 example has been expertly painted, with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas depicted with their various vestments, blades, staves, and other items. The Bodhisattvas have been given more realistic skin tones, while the Buddhas themselves are painted in gold, and all thirteen deities have incredibly detailed, multilayered halos or mandorlas. Even the clouds themselves have been painted with heavily detailed layers of brushwork. An excellent, and well-preserved example of Buddhist Muromachi Period artistry.\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 13 Buddhas are those Buddhas and Bodhisattvas involved in the judgments of the underworld, which were conceived in Japan in the Muromachi Period based on the Chinese Ten Yama Kings and Ten Courts of Hell, the latter coming about from a loose combination of the Buddhist concept of Naraka, traditional Chinese beliefs about the afterlife, and a variety of popular expansions and reinterpretations of these two traditions.\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 represented Buddhas preside over thirteen memorial services (from the seventh day to the thirty-third anniversary of death), and there is a tradition of displaying their paintings, mainly as hanging scrolls, at Buddhist memorial services and other Buddhist events. The thirteen Buddhas are the Ten Kings who are judges of the underworld, including King Enma, and Buddhas who are said to be the original incarnations of the judges who preside over the subsequent judgments (the seventh, thirteenth, and thirty-third anniversaries of death). \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 thirteen depicted deities are as such:\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';\"\u003e1. \u003cb\u003eFudo Myoo (Acalanatha Vidyaraja)\u003c\/b\u003e - seventh day. The 'Immovable Lord'\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003cb\u003eShaka Nyorai (Shakyamuni Buddha)\u003c\/b\u003e - fourteenth day. The Historical Buddha\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003cb\u003eMonju Bosatsu (Manjushri Bodhisattva)\u003c\/b\u003e - twenty-first day. 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';\"\u003eBodhisattva of Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003cb\u003eFugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra Bodhisattva)\u003c\/b\u003e - twenty-eighth day. The 'All-Good'\u003cbr\u003e5. \u003cb\u003eJizo Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva)\u003c\/b\u003e - thirty-fifth day. 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';\"\u003eWomb of the Earth'\u003cbr\u003e6. \u003cb\u003eMiroku Bosatsu (Maitreya Bodhisattva)\u003c\/b\u003e - forty-second day. 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';\"\u003eembodiment of 'Loving Kindness'\u003cbr\u003e7. \u003cb\u003eYakushi Nyorai (Bhaisajyaguru Buddha)\u003c\/b\u003e - forty-ninth day. 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';\"\u003e'Medicine Guru'\u003cbr\u003e8. \u003cb\u003eKannon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara Buddha)\u003c\/b\u003e - hundredth day. 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';\"\u003eBodhisattva of Compassion\u003cbr\u003e9. \u003cb\u003eSeishi Bosatsu (Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva)\u003c\/b\u003e - first anniversary. 'He who has attained great Strength'\u003cbr\u003e10. \u003cb\u003eAmida Nyorai (Amitabha Buddha)\u003c\/b\u003e - second anniversary. 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';\"\u003eBuddha of 'Boundless Light'\u003cbr\u003e11. \u003cb\u003eAshuku Nyorai (Akshobhya Buddha)\u003c\/b\u003e - sixth anniversary. 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';\"\u003e'Immutable One'\u003cbr\u003e12. \u003cb\u003eDainichi Nyorai (Vairocana Buddha)\u003c\/b\u003e - twelfth anniversary. The 'Illuminator'\u003cbr\u003e13. \u003cb\u003eKokuzu Bosatu (Akasagarbha Bodhisattva)\u003c\/b\u003e - thirty-second anniversary. 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';\"\u003e'Womb or Sphere of Space'\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';\"\u003eCompare this example to the dated 16th century example held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, item 122059), where the stylistic depictions are similar in placement and style. \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 brass. There is a wooden box to accompany it, preserving the scroll.\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 silk painting mounted on a \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scroll), 175 x 50.5 cm full size, 92 x 33.5 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 minor wear and slight splitting to some of the silk paintwork. Despite its age, the painting is surprisingly well preserved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634117837111,"sku":null,"price":4250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20251218_142320.jpg?v=1769960846","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/jusan-butsu-the-thirteen-buddhas-and-bodhisattvas-circa-1500-1600-late-muromachi-period-silk-painting-of-the-buddhas-and-bodhisattvas-involved-in-the-judgments-of-the-underworld-beautifully-painted-in-heavy-detail-with-heavy-brushwork","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}