Amida Buddha.

Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
794-1185 (Heian Period).
Description
1 print : woodblock print ; sheet 47.1 x 31.9 cm

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Copies in the Library

Location Call Number Status Location Service Notes
Special Collections - Graphic Arts GA 2008.01183 HSV Flat File 7, Drawer B Browse related items Reading Room Request
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  • Princeton copy 1

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    Subject(s)
    Getty AAT genre
    Summary note
    Prints of Amida Buddha were used as objects of meditation and devotion. Most often, twelve depictions of Buddha were carved on a single block and printed multiple times. This print was found inside a wooden statue of Buddha at the temple called Jyoruriji in Nara prefecture.
    Notes
    Unidentified Artist [woodcutter]
    Source acquisition
    Princeton copy 1: Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
    References
    • Eight Hundred Years of Japanese Printmaking. From the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. James B. Austin. Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, October 22, 1976-January 2, 1977.
    • Mary W. Baskett. Footprints of the Buddha, Japanese Buddhist Prints from American and Japanese Collections. Philadelphia Museum of Art, August 23 to October 26, 1980.
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