Western Paradise (Taima Mandala) Japan, Edo period, 1700-1800s ink, color and gold on silk, 43 1/4 x 37 inches (110 x 94 cm) Gift of John Davis Hatch in honor of Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes 1971.64 Zoom in on Painting of Western Paradise
Executed in gold on blue silk, this painting depcits the Western Paradise of Amida Buddha with its jeweled towers, clear lakes, and blossoming trees. To Buddhist
