Jizō Bosatsu, 地蔵菩薩像, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 41 1/2 x 19 3/8 in. (105.4 x 49.2 cm), Paintings, As veneration of Jizō and reliance on him became widespread during the Kamakura period, he came to be depicted as a single figure descending to aid the suffering and to guide them to paradise. Derived from the raigō images of Amida Buddha descending to welcome a dying believer in the company of this many bodhisattvas, which usually included Jizō, the single-image Jizō raigō portrays him standing in a walking posture, emphasized by the postition of this feet on double lotus pedestals atop a cloud that trails behind as he traverses the Six Realms of Existence
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