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Gakuō Zōkyū

Willow-and-Moon Kannon (Yōryū Kannon)

c. 1500
Hanging scroll; ink on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Kannon is a bodhisattva—a being capable of enlightenment, but who delays it in order to help other beings.

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