Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida. Artist: Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369-1452). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (93.4 x 22.3 cm)Overall with mounting (a): 67 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (170.5 x 24.1 cm)Overall with knobs (a): 67 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (170.5 x 28.6 cm)Overall with mounting (b): 67 x 9 1/2 in. (170.2 x 24.1 cm)Overall with knobs (b): 67 x 11 3/16 in. (170.2 x 28.4 cm). Date: 15th century.Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha). This couplet, written in Chinese cursive script, reads, from right column to left:For an utterly evil person,there is no other expedient means.Simply recite the name of AMidato achieve birth in Paradise.--Trans. John T. Carpenter. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida. Artist: Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369-1452). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (93.4 x 22.3 cm)Overall with mounting (a): 67 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (170.5 x 24.1 cm)Overall with knobs (a): 67 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (170.5 x 28.6 cm)Overall with mounting (b): 67 x 9 1/2 in. (170.2 x 24.1 cm)Overall with knobs (b): 67 x 11 3/16 in. (170.2 x 28.4 cm). Date: 15th century.Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha). This couplet, written in Chinese cursive script, reads, from right column to left:For an utterly evil person,there is no other expedient means.Simply recite the name of AMidato achieve birth in Paradise.--Trans. John T. Carpenter. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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