Artworks

Amidadō

Artwork · Kokei Kobayashi · 1915 · kakemono · Tokyo National Museum

An early masterwork of Kokei Kobayashi (1883–1957): the long, narrow hanging scroll is divided horizontally by a brightly coloured view of the Hōōdō (Phoenix Hall), Byōdōin, as if moonlight had suddenly lit the temple, splashing light across the upper part of the red posts; through the open doors the Amida glows as if from a second light within. 1 Mason 2005, pp. 368–369, fig. 438. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.