Welcoming Descent of the Bodhisattva Jizō

before 1564

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

The inscriptions added to this painting help link it to worship of Jizō at Kasuga Shrine, a major religious site in the ancient capital of Nara. Jizō is held as the original form of one of the Shinto deities worshipped at Kasuga, a patron deity of one of early Japan’s most powerful families, the Fujiwara.

Artwork Details

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Exhibition History

地蔵菩薩来迎図
Title: Welcoming Descent of the Bodhisattva Jizō
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Date: before 1564
Culture: Japan
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and cut gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 37 1/8 × 15 9/16 in. (94.3 × 39.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 62 1/4 × 22 1/8 in. (158.1 × 56.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 62 1/4 × 23 7/8 in. (158.1 × 60.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Lent by John C. Weber Collection
Curatorial Department: Asian Art