Shinran Shonin Eden Illustrated Biography Of Saint Shinran Title At Beginning Of Scroll Honganji

by Kakunyo

$75,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

1840. Two beautifully painted handscrolls on paper I: 280 x 12,395; II: 280 x 13,290 mm. . Japan : 1840 date of colophon . It is difficult to overstate the great beauty of these two illustrated scrolls depicting the life of Shinran, a key figure in Japanese Buddhism. The artist, while anonymous, was extremely skilled in portraying scenes from Shinran’s life, employing large amounts of gold, silver, sprays of golden mist called kindei

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