Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Lion)
詳細資料
This triptych is a rare example of Yuan Buddhist painting. The center panel depicts the historic Buddha Shakyamuni flanked by two attending bodhisattvas. This panel, which hangs on right right, features Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, riding a lion. The panel on the left features Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva of universal virtue, riding an elephant. Included in the symmetrical configuration are also the two disciples of the Buddha, Ananada and Kasyapa, two foreigners who attend the bodhisattvas’ lion and elephant, and a youth and a female worshiper, all of whom seek enlightenment from the bohisattvas. The clouds above and around the divine beings form one scene that illustrates Shakyamuni’s sermon from the Lotus Sutra. This text became an important basis for Buddhist faith throughout East Asia and was central to the Mahayana school of Buddhism.
Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, leads the child Sudhana on his quest for enlightenment.
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
before 1888-c. 1945Reportedly from the Enman-in 円満院 located inside the Onjo-ji temple (also known as the Miidera temple) in Otsu City, Shiga prefecture, Japan
after 1945-c. 1985Private collection, Japan
c. 1985-2009(Yanagi Takashi Oriental Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
2009-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Painting: 107 x 46.5 公分 (42 1/8 x 18 5/16 英吋)
Overall: 192 x 62.5 公分 (75 9/16 x 24 5/8 英吋)
絹本
Inscription at the bottom of the central scroll reads: "Da Song Fuzhou fu…(Fuzhou prefecture of the great Song)." _x000D_
水墨設色