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Photo: Spike Mafford
Mural painting: Descent of twenty-five bodhisattvas (attendants of Amitabha triad)
Photo: Spike Mafford
From the photography invoice: "This is a work for hire production and Spike Mafford does not retain any rights to the images created."

Mural painting: Descent of twenty-five bodhisattvas (attendants of Amitabha triad)

Date18th century
Maker Japanese
Object number35.68.1
Photo CreditPhoto: Spike Mafford
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime, July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view Feb. 8, 2020 - July 11, 2021].
Credit LineThomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection
DimensionsImage: 33 1/4 × 27 9/16 in. (84.5 × 70cm) Overall: 69 1/8 × 32 1/16 in. (175.5 × 81.4 cm); with knobs: 34 1/4in. (87 cm)
MediumTriptych hanging scrolls: ink, color and gold leaf on paper, brass
Photo: Spike Mafford
Mural painting: Descent of twenty-five bodhisattvas (attendants of Amitabha triad)
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 35.68.2
Photo: Spike Mafford
Mural painting: Descent of twenty-five bodhisattvas (attendants of Amitabha triad)
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 35.68.3
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Drawing: Vajrasattva (Representative of all the Buddhas) and four bodhisattvas
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Japanese
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Katsushika Hokusai
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