The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School
early 1300s
- Medium
- Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Painting: 29.7 x 1232.4 cm (11 11/16 x 485 3/16 in.); Mounted: 30.3 x 1373.5 cm (11 15/16 x 540 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, John L. Severance, and Edward L. Whittemore Funds
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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 chanting the name of the Buddha Amida for one another.
