The Burke Collection
Amida Nyorai (阿弥陀如来)
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547-1

Catalogue information

Late Heian period, early 12th century

Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)

H. of statue 49.3 cm (19 3/8 in.); h. of pedestal 31.2 cm (12 1/4 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Kuno Takeshi 1963, pp. 77–79
Kuno Takeshi
1963
“Shui kontai no Amida Nyorai zō” (A statue of Golden Amitabha in a red robe). Kobijutsu, no. 1 (January): 81–83.

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Rosenfield 1967, no. 27
Rosenfield, John M.
1967
Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794–1185. Exh. cat. New York: Asia Society.

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Olson 1968, pp. 8–9
Olson, Eleanor
1968
Japanese Sculpture and Painting: From the 9th to the 19th Centuries. The Museum (Newark), n.s., 20, no. 2 (Spring).

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Murase 1975, no. 3
Murase, Miyeko
1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Mayuyama Junkichi 1976, no. 339
Mayuyama Junkichi
1976
Mayuyama, Seventy Years / Ryūsen shūhō, sōgyō shichijusshūnen kinen. 2 vols. Tokyo: Mayuyama Ryūsendō.

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Shimizu Zenzō 1979, no. 110, fig. 113, p. 96
Shimizu Zenzō
1979
“Amerika ∙ Kanada ni aru Nihon chōkoku (2)” (Japanese sculptures in America and Canada, 2). Bukkyō geijutsu / Ars Buddhica, no. 127 (November).

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Kurata Bunsaku 1980, no. 12
Kurata Bunsaku
1980
[Editor]. Chōkoku (Sculpture). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 8. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.

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Kaufman 1985, fig. 1
Kaufman, Laura
1985
“Practice and Piety: Buddhist Art in Use.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 91–99.

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Avitabile 1990, no. 1
Avitabile, Gunhild
1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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Murase 2000, no. 13
Murase, Miyeko
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 11.
Tsuji Nobuo et al.
2005
Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.

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