Welcoming Descent of Amida with Twenty-five Bodhisattvas
Unknown Artist
mid-1300s
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, silver and cut gold on silk
Dimensions
painting: 164.5 × 137.7 cm · mounted: 255 × 166.6 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
2025.138
About this artwork
This painting depicts the Buddha Amida arriving to escort a dying person to his Pure Land, or Western Paradise. He is attended by an entourage of 25 bodhisattvas, enlightened beings who are committed to serving others, many of whom provide orchestral accompaniment to herald the momentous occasion. The bodhisattva Kannon kneels, holding a lotus dais for the deceased to ride to their destination.