PrintsJapanese11th-12th century

Printed Images (inbutsu) of Buddha Amitabha (Amida), from Jōruri-ji, Kyoto

11th-12th century

Classification

Prints

Medium

Single-sheet Buddhist woodblock print; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Heian period, Late, 898-1185

Century

11th-12th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

print image proper (sight): H. 44.3 x W. 32.8 cm (17 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Fusao Komiya, Tokyo, (by second half 1960s)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (second half 1960s-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

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