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This scroll depicts the life of the monk Ryonin (1072-1132), founder of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect of Japanese Buddhism. Ryonin taught that rebirth in the Western Paradise of the Buddha of Infinite Light, who is known in Japanese as Amida, could be attained by repeatedly the chanting of Amida's name. Followers of the Yuzu Nembutsu believed that the chanting of Amida's name by one individual could be efficacious for all sentient beings.
This section of the handscroll depicts the scene of Ryonin's death. As grieving followers mourn over Ryonin's folded robe, a retinue of heavenly beings descends to receive the master's soul and to transport it to the Western Paradise on a lotus blossom.
- Published References
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- Zoku Nihon emakimono taisei. Tokyo. vol. 11: p. 106.
- Zaigai Nihon no Shiho [Japanese Art: Selections from Western Collections]. 10 vols., Tokyo, 1979 - 1980. vol. 2: pl. 86.
- Zaigai hiho [(Japanese Paintings in Western Collections]. 3 vols., Tokyo. vol.2, pt. 1, pl. 61.
- Nihon kaiga shi nenki shiryo shusei. Tokyo. pl. 290.
- Dr. John Alexander Pope, Thomas Lawton, Harold P. Stern. The Freer Gallery of Art. 2 vols., Washington and Tokyo, 1971-1972. cat. 14, vol. 2: p. 155.
- Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics. vol. 2, Washington, London. p. 78, Rutherford J. Gittens, Hermann Kühn, and W.T. Chase.
- Seiko Tokunaga, Society for the Comparative Studies in Japanese Culture. Journal of Comparative Studies in Japanese Culture vol. 15. vol. 15 Japan. p. 95.
- Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art: Freer Gallery of Art handbook. Washington, 1976. p. 102.
- Kazuhiko Komatsu. Unravelling the Mysteries of Hyakki Yako [Hyakki Yako no Nazo wo toku]. p. 187, fig. 56.
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