Bodhisattva
Unknown Artist
mid-1200s
Medium
wood with traces of lacquer, polychromy, and cut gold lear (kirikane)
Dimensions
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Classification
Sculpture
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
1983.18
About this artwork
A Bosatsu (Bodhisattva in Sanskrit) is a being that has attained enlightenment but has compassionately refrained from entering nirvana in order to save others. As an attendant of Buddha, Bosatsu assumes many forms, all of which are worshipped as deities in Japanese Buddhism.