Artist unknown / Parinirvana / mid 19th century

Artist unknown
Parinirvana
mid 19th century
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Role: painter
Creator Name-CRT: Artist unknown
Title: Parinirvana
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1833
Creation End Date: 1866
Creation Date: mid 19th century
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: Ink and color on silk
Dimensions: H.61 x W.41-15/16 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 94.85
Credit Line: Gift of Mary Griggs Burke
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

This painting shows the death of the Indian sage Sakyamuni, who died in 438 b.c. at the age of 80. After falling ill, Sakyamuni lay on a wooden couch in a grove of trees in the foothills of the Himalayas. Before dying, he advised his disciples, the monks with shaven heads, for the last time.

Sakyamuni taught that his passing was not to be mourned, since it represented an escape from the endless cycle of birth and death that all living things must endure. Not fully understanding this, a host of mourners--divinities, humans, and animals, including two pious slugs and a centipede--weeps and writhes in grief. Even Sakyamuni's mother, Queen Maya, descends from the heavens with her attendants to bid her son farewell. Buddhist temples display large paintings like this in February, the month associated with Sakyamuni's nirvana, or release from mortal suffering.

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AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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