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Welcoming Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas

mid-1300s
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, silver, and cut gold on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

One of the percussive instruments played by the bodhisattvas in the painting is called a paiban or hakuban in Japanese.

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