# Bodhisattva Jizo

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1300 - c. 1350
- Medium: gold (metal), ink, dye, silk
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: diameter 55 mm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase auction collection A. Breuer, Berlijn, 1929)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-162--0a4ecba57ee6dc07288d4a2f63e5ceed)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/TVSDM/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Jizo saves souls and those who pass away. Commissioning a portrait of Jizo was also considered propitious for a person’s ancestors. Jizo descends on a cloud and meets his devotees. Here he is shown in the usual way as an elegant, young monk, with a shaven head and richly decorated clothes.