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Pure Land Mandala

浄土曼荼羅図
Pure Land Mandala (浄土曼荼羅図)
PLATE IImage: Kyushu National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Painting · Kamakura period · held by Kyushu National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Paintings
Date
1201–1400
Dimensions
128.6×123.8 cm
Catalogue ID
cobas-11940

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Amitabha Buddha sits at the center of this Kamakura-period (1185–1333) painting of the Western Pure Land, flanked by two bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta. Other bodhisattvas and companions surround them. In the background are two pagodas with sprawling transept wings, and a lake of blooming lotuses fills the foreground in this scene of Amitabha delivering a sermon in paradise.

— Museum description: Kyushu National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Pure Land Mandala（浄土曼荼羅図）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-11940. Kyushu National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/pure-land-mandala/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Buddhist paintings
  • Genre: Paintings
  • Material: Color on silk
  • Quantity: Hanging scroll
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Size: 128.6×123.8 cm
  • 員数: 1幅
  • 分類: 絵画
  • 品質形状: 絹本著色
  • 時代世紀: 鎌倉時代 13～14世紀
  • 種別: 絵画:日本:仏画
  • 法量: 縦128.6 横123.8

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