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Bodhisattva

mid-1200s

Japan, Kamakura period

(1185–1333)
Medium
wood with traces of lacquer, polychromy, and cut gold lear (kirikane)
Measurements
Overall: 64.8 cm (25 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1983.18
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A Bosatsu (Bodhisattva in Sanskrit) is a being that has attained enlightenment but has compassionately refrained from entering nirvana in order to save others. As an attendant of Buddha, Bosatsu assumes many forms, all of which are worshipped as deities in Japanese Buddhism.

Bodhisattva

mid-1200s

Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

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