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Sakyamuni Descending the Mountain
Sakyamuni Descending the Mountain (Japanese: Shussan Shaka) is a Buddhist painting subject showing the emaciated Buddha leaving the mountains after six years of ascetic practice, favored in Zen art.
Southern Barbarians Come to Trade
Southern Barbarians Come to Trade (南蛮人来朝図, Nanbanjin raichō zu) is the title of a pair of six-panel folding screens at the Kobe City Museum, attributed to Kanō Naizen.
Taima Mandala
The Taima Mandala (当麻曼荼羅) is a Japanese pictorial representation of Amitābha's Western Pure Land based on the Contemplation Sutra, named after Taimadera, the Nara temple preserving its 8th-century tapestry original.
Yamagoshi Amida
Yamagoshi Amida (山越阿弥陀図) is a genre of Japanese Buddhist painting showing Amida Buddha rising from behind a mountain to welcome the dying to the Pure Land.
Yamai no sōshi
Yamai no sōshi (病草紙), meaning "Scroll of Diseases," is a late Heian period Japanese handscroll of the 12th century showing tales of unusual diseases, deformities, and treatments.
Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses
Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses (周茂叔愛蓮図) is a 15th-century hanging scroll by Kanō Masanobu showing the Song scholar Zhou Dunyi drifting in a boat among lotuses.