Jizō Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha), second half of the 13th century


Jizō Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha), Kamakura period (1185–1333), second half of the 13th century, Japan, Wood with lacquer, color, and gold leaf, H. 45 3/4 in. ( cm); W. 24 1/8 in. ( cm); D. 23 7/8 in. ( cm), Sculpture, Represented in the guise of a Buddhist monk and devoid of the crown and jewels customarily worn by bodhisattvas, Jizō Bosatsu is among the most readily recognizable of the many deities in the Buddhist pantheon and perhaps the most sympathetic


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