Welcoming Descent of Jizo. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 42 in. × 15 7/8 in. (106.7 × 40.3 cm)Overall with mounting: 81 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (206.4 × 56.8 cm)Overall with knobs: 81 1/4 × 24 1/2 in. (206.4 × 62.2 cm). Date: early 14th century.Among the many iconographies of the bodhisattva Jizo (Sanskrit: Kshitigarbha) that originated in the Kamakura period is the "welcoming descent," or raigo. This painting depicts Jizo in the guise of a monk carrying a wish-fulfilling jewel and a golden staff as he descends to earth on a cloud to rescue a suffering believer. Images of salvation such as this one are more commonly associated with the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha), who escorts the dead to his Western Pure Land with twenty-five bodhisattvas, including Jizo. Images of the welcoming descent of Jizo may be related to the important Kasuga Shrine in the former capital of Nara, where Jizo is one of the primary Buddhist deities of worship. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US

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Welcoming Descent of Jizo. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 42 in. × 15 7/8 in. (106.7 × 40.3 cm)Overall with mounting: 81 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (206.4 × 56.8 cm)Overall with knobs: 81 1/4 × 24 1/2 in. (206.4 × 62.2 cm). Date: early 14th century.Among the many iconographies of the bodhisattva Jizo (Sanskrit: Kshitigarbha) that originated in the Kamakura period is the "welcoming descent," or raigo. This painting depicts Jizo in the guise of a monk carrying a wish-fulfilling jewel and a golden staff as he descends to earth on a cloud to rescue a suffering believer. Images of salvation such as this one are more commonly associated with the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha), who escorts the dead to his Western Pure Land with twenty-five bodhisattvas, including Jizo. Images of the welcoming descent of Jizo may be related to the important Kasuga Shrine in the former capital of Nara, where Jizo is one of the primary Buddhist deities of worship. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US

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