Miracles performed by the bodhisattva Jizo (copy of a section of a handscroll)

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Kano Tan'yu ç©éæ¢å¹½ (1602-1674)

1627

Classification

Painting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number

F1907.375b

Tags

BuddhismCharles Lang Freer collectionEdo period (1615 - 1868)JapanJapanese Artbodhisattvamiracle

About this artwork

This early narrative handscroll (emakimono) depicts miraculous stories of the compassionate bodhisattva Jizo (Kshitigarbha), a Buddhist deity worshipped as a savior of those condemned to hell. With the scroll, Freer acquired a final copy of the section, done in 1627 by Kano Tan'yu. The copy shows text that was later lost from the original scroll. Freerâs acquisition of such copies and preliminary drawings, in addition to finished works of art, expressed his commitment to their research value, ...

Miracles performed by the bodhisattva Jizo (copy of a section of a handscroll)

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