Welcoming Descent of the Buddha of Infinite Light and Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas

Keywords: Amitabha Buddha, biwa, bodhisattva, Buddhism, cloud, cymbal, drum, flute, halo, Japan, kakemono, Kamakura period (1185 - 1333), khakkhara, music, Pure Land, zither

Provenance

To 1911
Yamanaka & Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1911 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, L. 72, pg. 24, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s): Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854 - 1919

Published References

Mayuyama Junkichi. Japanese Art in the West. Tokyo. pl. 89.
Mara Miller. Expressions of States of Mind in Asia: Proceedings of the INALCO-UNO Workshop held in Naples. Naples, May 27, 2000. pl. 5.
Paths to Perfection, Buddhist Art at the Freer/Sackler. Washington, D.C. pp. 24-25, 58-59.
Zaigai hiho (Japanese Paintings in Western Collections). 3 vols., Tokyo. p. 33.
Dr. John Alexander Pope, Thomas Lawton, Harold P. Stern. The Freer Gallery of Art. 2 vols., Washington and Tokyo, 1971-1972. cat. 9, p. 154.