The Buddha Amida and Two Attendants

阿弥陀如来倚像および両脇侍立像

At a glance — Art Object · Asuka period, 7th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Art Objects
Period: Asuka period, 7th century
Date: 601–700
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-117787

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Made over 1,300 years ago, this is one of the oldest images of the Buddha Amida in Japan. Images of buddhas seated on pedestals accompanied by bodhisattvas standing on lotus flowers were popular in ancient Japan. Lotus flowers, which symbolize purity, are said to bloom profusely in a Buddhist paradise known as the Pure Land.

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

Record & Sources

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-117787 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-117787
Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “The Buddha Amida and Two Attendants（阿弥陀如来倚像および両脇侍立像）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-117787. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-buddha-amida-and-two-attendants/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)

Material: Gilt bronze
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
Genre: Collection of Hōryūji Treasures
品質形状: 銅造、鍍金
分類: 法隆寺宝物
員数: 3軀
法量: 像高（中尊）28.4 （左脇侍）21.1 （右脇侍）21.3

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