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Source Description
When a piece of cloth is removed from a frame construction on stage, the tree spirit is revealed. It addresses a wandering Buddhist priest: The willow tree . . . has encountered The holy Law, the teaching Of Amida, who guides Even the crooked Straight to Paradise.The spirit hopes that the priest, by reciting the name of the Buddha Amida, will help it attain rebirth in Amida's Western Paradise.
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Document identity
localId
6993
label
Nogaku zue
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6993
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nogaku zue
description
When a piece of cloth is removed from a frame construction on stage, the tree spirit is revealed. It addresses a wandering Buddhist priest: The willow tree . . . has encountered The holy Law, the teaching Of Amida, who guides Even the crooked Straight to Paradise.The spirit hopes that the priest, by reciting the name of the Buddha Amida, will help it attain rebirth in Amida's Western Paradise.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by gift.
date
1899 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.8
height
37.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 3/4 x W: 14 5/8 in. (24.77 x 37.15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Kogyo
med
pigments on mulberry paper
creator_ids
14996
6252
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
b2bb99ac498bfe65