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MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY) Carved and assembled from cypress wood in yosegi zukuri technique and modeled as the Amida Buddha seated in lotus position, the right hand raised in abhayamudra and the left held in dhyanamudra, the hair arranged in small, snail-shaped spiral curls (rahotsu), wearing a robe open at the torso and falling in pleats, the body applied with lacquer, inlaid jewels on the forehead and in the hair, the inlaid crystal eyes painted with black pupils ringed in red 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm.) high
Amida was central to the Jodo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism propounded in 1175 by the monk Honen, with the intent of making Buddhism more readily available to all people. Salvation could be attained by the simple repetition of the name of Amida or the Nenbutsu, of which there were a number of different methods of chanting.
Many statues of the Buddha of the Western Paradise were made in response to the widespread popularity of Pure Land Buddhism from the twelfth century (fig. 1). This image is seated with legs crossed in the lotus position with the hands in gesture, or mudra, of "welcoming to paradise" (raigo-in) signaling Amida's descent from heaven to greet the soul of the faithful devotee at death.