刺繍阿弥陀三尊来迎図|The Welcoming Descent of Amida with the Bodhisattvas Kannon and Seishi

Unknown

13th century · Framed panel; embroidered silk and possibly human hair · Asian Art

This embroidered scroll shows the Buddha Amida at center with attendant bodhisattvas descending to the earth on clouds to greet a person at the time of death. Kannon, at lower right, extends a small lotus pedestal, upon which the dead will travel to Amida’s Western Pure Land, a place free of suffering and pain. These hopeful images, whose makers often incorporated their own hair into the embroidery, were used in widely practiced deathbed rituals.

Artist

Unknown

Date

13th century

Medium

Framed panel; embroidered silk and possibly human hair

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912