“Heads should be bowed to him,” quotation from the Avalokitesvara Sutra / Yueshan Daozong (J. Etsuzan Dôshû; Ôbaku Etsuzan)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.105
- Title
- “Heads should be bowed to him,” quotation from the Avalokitesvara Sutra
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1629-1709
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1660-1709
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Kyoto (urban prefecture)
- Uji (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Kyoto (urban prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Uji (inhabited place)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Zen
- Dimensions
- 188.5 cm x 33.8 cm (74 3/16 in. x 13 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- calligraphy
- Physical Description
- Long calligraphy hanging scroll with green colored backing. Calligraphy paper is faded. Black ink. Stamps in red in the top right corner and near the bottom on the left. A smaller font of calligraphy is set on the left side while the larger set of calligraphy takes up the center of the scroll.
- Subject Matter
- Translated as "Equipped with all blessings, Viewing all with compassionate eyes, His ocean of accumulated blessings is immeasurable. Heads should be bowed to him." from the Avalokitesvara Sutra. Avalokitesvara is one of the main bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism.
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- bodhisattva
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
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- doctrinal concepts
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- japanese buddhism
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- religious concepts
- writing (processes)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 642 x 2844
- File Size
- 243 KB
- Record
- 1999/1.105
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1999-sl-1.105/1999_1.105.jpg
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"“Heads should be bowed to him,” quotation from the Avalokitesvara Sutra; Yueshan Daozong (J. Etsuzan Dôshû; Ôbaku Etsuzan)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1999-sl-1.105/1999_1.105.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
