# The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School

- Date: 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)
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, John L. Severance, and Edward L. Whittemore Funds
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.87)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.87/1956.87_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.