Description
Amitabha Buddha sits at the center of this Kamakura-period (1185–1333) painting of the Western Pure Land, flanked by two bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta. Other bodhisattvas and companions surround them. In the background are two pagodas with sprawling transept wings, and a lake of blooming lotuses fills the foreground in this scene of Amitabha delivering a sermon in paradise.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026