Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara on a boat

Published/Created:

ca. 1100-1200

Physical Description:

79 x 42 cm
gold leaf (kirikane) and colors on silk

Notes:

Representation of Kannon as seen by Kukai on boat during crossing.

Variant Titles:

Den senchu yugen Kannon
伝船中湧現観音像

Topics:

Painting -- Japan -- Heian period, 784-1185 -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

MHY02577

Genre:

paintings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan Personal Collection)

Source Note:

Tokubetsuten birei inseiki no kaiga (Nara National Museum, Exh. Cat.), 2007 美麗 : 院政期の絵画, 特別展 (奈良 : 奈良国立博物館), 2007

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Ryukoin (Wakayama Prefecture, Japan)

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 310689

OID:

578614

PID:

digcoll:2077412