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Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Buddha)
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- CK21
Photo No：30-741
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| Title | Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Buddha) |
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| Artist | |
| Category | Sculpture (C), Buddhist Sculpture, Nyorai (Buddha) Sculptures |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Heian Late |
| Century | 11th～12th |
| Year | |
| Quantity | |
| Materials | Wood with lacquer and gold foil |
| Dimensions | Statue height 140.7cm Statue height 152.5 |
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This Amida statue, formerly owned by the Sairinji temple in the southern suburbs of Kyoto, is said to have been removed in 1870 from a temple called Yakurenji in a neighboring village.
This statue is about ten centimeters or so taller than a normal “Half-Great Buddha.” The intentionally-lengthened torso gives a loosely stretched feeling to the work. Stylistic characteristics such as the gentle facial features, the richly varying (as opposed to regulated) folds of the draped robe and the stable, balanced form with its gently sloping shoulders and broadly spread knees are quite similar to Jocho's well-known Seated Amida statue (1053 A.D.) in the Phoenix Hall of Byodo-in temple in Uji, suggesting that this statue was made in the mid-11th Century.
Japan-Heian-Late