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The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School
early 1300s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This painting is the second of a set of two illustrated handscrolls. The first scroll depicts the biography of the Japanese Buddhist monk Ryōnin. This scroll begins with scenes of Ryōnin’s death and relates episodes illustrating the efficacy of following his teachings. Ryōnin asserted the total interconnectedness of all things and the spiritual benefit of intoning the name of the Buddha Amida for one another.
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- Title: The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School
- Date Created: early 1300s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 29.7 x 1232.4 cm (11 11/16 x 485 3/16 in.); Overall: 30.3 x 1373.5 cm (11 15/16 x 540 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Kashima Seibei, 19th century., (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.87
- Medium: Handscroll; ink, color and gold on paper
- Fun Fact: The other scroll from this two-scroll set belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, John L. Severance, and Edward L. Whittemore Funds
- Collection: ASIAN - Handscroll
- Accession Number: 1956.87
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