Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha 15th-16th century Japan Like many of the works of art created to represent the Pure Land belief in salvation through faith, "welcoming descent" (raigō in Japanese) paintings such as this one were indispensable religious furnishings at the time of death. Such paintings depict the scene in which Amida (Amitabha in Sanskrit) Buddha, often with attendants, descends on clouds from heaven to escort a believer to the Western Paradise. The richly decorated robein particular, the raised pattern of peonies along the hemsuggests a date in the fifteenth or sixteenth century.. Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha 45592
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