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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese Creator Dates/Places: Japan Creator Name-CRT: Unidentified Artist Title: The Birth of the Buddha View: Principal view Creation Start Date: 1380 Creation End Date: 1420 Creation Date: Muromachi period (1392?1573), ca. 1400 Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Materials and Techniques: Section of a wall panel; ink, color, and gold on silk Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 43 7/8 in. (75 x 111.5 cm) Description: In keeping with his extraordinary destiny, the Buddha was miraculously conceived, said to have entered his mother's side in the form of a bodhisattva riding a white, six-tusked elephant. As depicted here, nine months later his mother, Queen Maya, grasped a tree branch while walking through the Lumbini gardens and the baby emerged from her side. Heavenly musicians played music and threw flowers in celebration as the newborn immediately took seven steps marked by lotus flowers and, raising his right hand, declared, "Among all divine beings, only I am lord, most holy and victorious. The three realms are all sorrowful. I have come here through immeasurable births and deaths for the benefit of men and gods." He was then given his first bath, a heavenly lustration by dragons. The nativity, with its symbolism of cosmic renewal, is one of the most important events in the story of the Buddha's life and is celebrated as an annual rite on the Buddhist ritual calendar. A reenactment of the first bath, where a small icon of the standing child with arm raised in the gesture of proclamation is placed in a basin and purified with water, is a significant part of this celebration. This rare and unusual fourteenth-century painting most likely decorated a temple hall as part of a complete cycle of events from the Buddha's life used to instruct worshippers. AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Owner Location: New York, New York ID Number: 1993.478.1 Credit Line: Gift of Alvin Friedman-Kien, 1993 Copyright: Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved. Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp AMICA ID: MMA_.1993.478.1 AMICA Library Year: 2002 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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