ID: 700008852 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008852	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida (scrolls (information artifacts); Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369–1452); 15th century; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 2014.719.9; )

Note: Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitābha). This couplet is written in Chinese cursive script.

Titles:

Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

愚極礼才書 「極重悪人無他方便・唯稱弥陀得生極楽」 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

scrolls (information artifacts) [300028629] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

hanging scrolls [300265079]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>, scroll paintings)

Classifications:

calligraphy (preferred)

Creation Date: 15th century

Creator Display:

Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369–1452) [preferred,VP]

artist Gukyoku, Reisai (Japanese Buddhist monk painter, 1363 or 1370-1452) [500372594]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2014.719.9

Credit Line: Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, in memory of John M. Rosenfield, 2014

Display Materials: pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: pair of scrolls: Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (93.4 x 22.3 cm); Overall with mounting (a): 67 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (170.5 x 24.1 cm); Overall with knobs (a): 67 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (170.5 x 28.6 cm); Overall with mounting (b): 67 x 9 1/2 in. (170.2 x 24.1 cm); Overall with knobs (b): 67 x 11 3/16 in. (170.2 x 28.4 cm)

Cultures:

Japanese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Term Not Found (preferred,period)
	.....(AAT Candidate)

General Subject:

text (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	maxim [300264591]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	couplet [300404746]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>, <poetry and poems>, poems, <poems by form>) (AAT)

	Amida [901001440]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Zen Buddhism [300022006]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religions (belief systems| cultures), Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism) (AAT)

	salvation [300056003]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts, doctrinal concepts) (AAT)

	Chinese (language) [300388113]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Couplet is written in Chinese cursive script. From right column to left: [For an utterly evil person,there is no other expedient means.Simply recite the name of [A]Midato achieve birth in Paradise.] (Translation by John T. Carpenter)

Typeface: Chinese cursive script

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
愚極礼才書 「極重悪人無他方便・唯稱弥陀得生極楽」	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)