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Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha (Raigō)

c. 1270–1333

Japan, Kamakura period

(1185–1333)
hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk
Painting only: 95.3 x 46.6 cm (37 1/2 x 18 3/8 in.); Overall: 171 x 64.2 cm (67 5/16 x 25 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 171 x 68.6 cm (67 5/16 x 27 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1993.42
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1993
    (James J. Freeman, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1993–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218. Mentioned: p. 158 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy Grossman, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan : Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005. p. 53
    Sano, Emily J., Randall Laird Nadeau, and Alison J. Miller. Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism. San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2017. p. 106 Reproduced: P. 106, pl. 53
  • Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism. San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (organizer) (June 16-September 10, 2017).
  • {{cite web|title=Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha (Raigō)|url=false|author=|year=c. 1270–1333|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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