Piṇḍolabbaradvāja, the First of the Sixteen Arhats, 13th - early 14th century, Unknown Japanese, 37 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. ( × cm) (image)68 × 22 1/2 in. ( × cm) (mount), Ink, color, and gold leaf on silk, Japan, 13th-14th century, Buddhist 'achievers' or rakan strive for 'awakening'—enlightenment—and the attaining of nirvana. Rakan could be depicted in a more natural, life-like manner or with grotesquely distorted features. The image of the running waterfall in the background and a deer standing next to a seated rakan figure might depict the third rakan, Kanaka

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