Details

Subject(s)

• Amita¯bha (Buddhist deity)—Art [Browse]
• Buddhas in art [Browse]
• Religious art [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Art [Browse]

Notes

• Unidentified Artist [woodcutter]
• Medium: Woodblock print
• Item description: 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.
• Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.

Source acquisition

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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