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Descent of Amida (Amida Raigō)

阿弥陀来迎図

1400s

Japan, Muromachi Period

(1392-1573)

Hanging scroll; silk and human hair embroidery

Embroidery: 109.1 x 37.2 cm (42 15/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1966.513

Location

not on view

Provenance
?-1966
American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Collection, ?-1966, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1966-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1966-present
Citations
“Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 54, no. 10, 1967, pp. 302–346. Reproduced: no. 175, p. 336; Mentioned: p. 347 www.jstor.org
Grotennuis, Elizabeth ten. “Visions of a Transcendent Realm: Pure Land Images in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 78, no. 7, 1991, pp. 274–300. Reproduced: p. 290, fig. 14 www.jstor.org
Ten Grotenhuis, Elizabeth. Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. Reproduced: fig. 85, p. 141
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 29-December 31, 1967).

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