Amitabha

Examples of Amitabha in the following topics:

• Art of Pure Land Buddhism

  • The Amidist Pure Land schools, promulgated by evangelists such as Genshin and articulated by monks such as Hōnen, emphasized salvation through faith in Amitabha and remain the largest Buddhist sect today in Japan (and throughout Asia).

• Japanese Painting and Sculpture in the Kamakura Period

  • Perhaps his most important work is Amitabha Triad of Ono Jōdo-ji (1195).