迎接曼荼羅 掛幅一幅 絹本著色, Descent and Return of Amida to Western Paradise with a Believer's Soul (Gōshō mandara), Kamakura period (1185–1333), ca. 1300, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 44 in. × 20 7/8 in. (111.8 × 53 cm), Paintings, This painting of Amida (Sanskrit: Amitâbha) receiving the soul of the warrior Kumagai Naozane (1141–1208) is based on a dream recorded by the founder of the Pure Land sect, Hōnen (1133–1212). Naozane's taking of the tonsure after dutifully but ruefully killing the young Taira no Atsumori at the battle of Ichinotani during the Genpei War is one of the most affecting stories in Japanese war lore
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迎接曼荼羅, 掛幅一幅, 絹本著色, Descent, Return, Amida, Western Paradise, Believer, Soul, Gōshō mandara, Kamakura period, 1185–1333, ca, 1300, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, Image, 44, 20 7/8, 111.8, 53 cm, Paintings, painting, Sanskrit, Amitâbha, receiving, soul, warrior Kumagai, Naozane, 1141–1208, based, dream recorded, founder, Pure Land, sect, Hōnen, 1133–1212, taking, tonsure, dutifully, ruefully killing, young Taira, no, Atsumori, battle, Ichinotani, Genpei War, affecting stories, Japanese war, lore
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