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| Keywords: Japanese - Memorial Stone - Walters 25224.jpg This stone was erected to help ensure that a pious Buddhist couple would be reborn in the Paradise of the Western Buddha They were given Buddhist names and called female believer left and male believer right The seated left-hand figure looks like the Bodhisattva Kannon the Indian Avalokitesvara the one on the right the Bodhisattva Jizo both of whom dwell in the Western Paradise ca 18th century Edo stone cm 53 3 29 8 22 9 accession number 25 224 6440 Professor Walther Kirchner Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Professor Walther Kirchner 2002 place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Art of Japan in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
