The Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha and Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, 阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図, Edo period (1615–1868), 1668, Japan, Hanging scroll; color and gold on silk, Image: 51 1/8 x 24 1/4 in. (129.9 x 61.6 cm), Paintings, According to Pure Land belief, Amida Buddha (Amitabha) welcomes faithful devotees to the Western Paradise, where they can achieve perfect spiritual development. Paintings such as this one, which represent Amida descending to welcome a faithful soul to paradise, attended by a host of bodhisattvas, are known as raigōzu ('descent pictures
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Welcoming, Descent, Amida Buddha, Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, 阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1668, Japan, Hanging scroll, color, gold, silk, Image, 51 1/8 x 24 1/4, 129.9 61.6 cm, Paintings, According, Pure Land belief, Amida Buddha, Amitabha, welcomes faithful, devotees, Western Paradise, achieve perfect, spiritual, development, represent Amida, descending, welcome, faithful soul, paradise, attended, host, bodhisattvas, raigōzu, descent pictures
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