Harvard Art Museums > 1931.9: Left Hand of a Colossal Amida Buddha Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Left Hand of a Colossal Amida Buddha (Attributed to Kaikei) , 1931.9,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/208836. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1931.9 People Attributed to Kaikei (active c. 1183-1236) Title Left Hand of a Colossal Amida Buddha Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date first quarter 13th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Kamakura period, 1185-1333 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/208836 Physical Descriptions Medium Wood with traces of lacquer, polychromy, and gilding Dimensions L. 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ex-Tamai Collection, Nara Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt Accession Year 1931 Object Number 1931.9 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description From the central deity of an Amida triad originally installed at Shin-Daibutsu-ji Temple in Iga, Mie Prefecture. Publication History Iwata Shigeki, "A Wooden Buddha Hand in the Collection of Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University: On its Probable Provenance from the Main Worship Figure of Shin-Daibutsu-ji Temple in Iga", MUSEUM, Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo, Japan, February 2004), No. 588, color plates 1-2 and p.7, figs. 1-4 Priest Chōgen and the Rebuilding of Tōdaiji: the Kamakura Era, an Age of Artistic Revival and Innovation (Daikanjin Chōgen: Tōdaiji no Kamakura fukkō to arata na bi no sōshutsu), exh. cat., Nara National Museum (Nara, Japan, 2006), cat. no. 105 Francesca Herndon-Consagra, Reflections of the Buddha, exh. cat., Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis, MO, 2011-2012), p. 3 (installation image); p. 40, no. 2 The Buddhist Master Sculptor Kaikei: Timeless Beauty from the Kamakura Period, exh. cat., Nara National Museum (Nara, 2017), p. 152, ill. Nara National Museum, ed., Busshi Kaikei no kenkyū. (The Complete Works of Kaikei.), Shibunkaku (Kyoto, 2023), p. 137, fig. 14-2 Exhibition History Chogen, Nara National Museum, Nara, 04/15/2006 - 05/28/2006 Reflections of the Buddha, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 09/09/2011 - 03/10/2012 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/02/2016 - 09/10/2019 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022 Seeing in Art and Medicine, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023 Subjects and Contexts Iconic Works Collection Highlights Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
