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Statuetta di Buddha Amida
Collezione Edoardo Chiossone 1898 Genova
Kōjō, Shichijō
B-1212
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 33.4
Giappone
Buddhas who have achieved perfect enlightenment are called Nyorai (Sanskrit Tathāgata): among them is the Buddha Amida, venerated in the Pure Land Buddhist sect, here seated in the lotus meditation posture. The statue has close affinities with a work commissioned by Shōgun Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641-1680) by Kōjō, the twenty-fifth head of the Shichijō atelier, for the Kan'eijin temple in memory of his mother.