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Source Description
This stone was erected to help ensure that a pious Buddhist couple would be reborn in the Paradise of the Western Buddha. They were given Buddhist names and called "female believer" (left) and "male believer" right. The seated left-hand figure looks like the Bodhisattva Kannon (the Indian Avalokitesvara), the one on the right the Bodhisattva Jizo, both of whom dwell in the Western Paradise.
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Document identity
localId
6440
label
Memorial Stone
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obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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6440
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Memorial Stone
description
This stone was erected to help ensure that a pious Buddhist couple would be reborn in the Paradise of the Western Buddha. They were given Buddhist names and called "female believer" (left) and "male believer" right. The seated left-hand figure looks like the Bodhisattva Kannon (the Indian Avalokitesvara), the one on the right the Bodhisattva Jizo, both of whom dwell in the Western Paradise.
provenance
Professor Walther Kirchner, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.
date
ca. 18th century (Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Sculpture
stelae
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
53.3
height
29.8
depth
22.9
dimensionsRaw
21 x 11 3/4 x 9 in. (53.3 x 29.8 x 22.9 cm)
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med
stone
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6194
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JPK
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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