Avalokiteshvara (Kannon Bosatsu): Attendant of Amitabha

Label TextAccompanied by twenty-five attendants, two, or solo, here Amida is flanked by his two primary attendants, Seishi Bosatsu at his right and Kannon Bosatsu to his left. Seishi joins his hands in prayer as Kannon holds the lotus for transporting the deceased. Standing atop lotus pedestals, both bend slightly at the waist and knees in adoration of Amida Buddha.

Object number36.23.2

ProvenanceDr. Fuller purchased from Yamanaka & Co., Boston, Massachusetts; donated to Seattle Art Museum, 1936

Exhibition HistoryBoston, Massachusetts, Tamanaka Exh. of Japanese Buddhist Art, 1936. Seattle Art Museum, Japanese Art in S.A.M., 1960. Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 3 - 28, 1965. Cat. no. 108. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime, July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005 Published ReferencesYamanaka Exhibit of Japanese Art, cat., Boston (1936), no. 11, fig. 11 Morgan, Whitney N., Museum Acquisitions, in Parnassus, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 1938), pp. 26-29, illus. p. 29 Lee, Sherman, Japanese Art at Seattle, in Oriental Art, Vol. II, No. 3 (Winter 1949-50), p. 92, 93 fig. 13 Seattle Art Museum, Handbook, (1951), p. 93 Fuller, Richard E., Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 79b Gift to a City, exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 108

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection "Gift to a City: Masterworks From the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, no. 108.

Dimensions27 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (69.2 x 22.5 x 25.5 cm)

MediumWood, lacquer, gold, and metal