Title: Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: first half 15th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)
Artist:  Gukyoku Reisai 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1369–1452
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (93.4 x 22.3 cm)
Overall with mounting (a): 67 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (170.5 x 24.1 cm)
Overall with knobs (a): 67 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (170.5 x 28.6 cm)
Overall with mounting (b): 67 x 9 1/2 in. (170.2 x 24.1 cm)
Overall with knobs (b): 67 x 11 3/16 in. (170.2 x 28.4 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, in memory of John M. Rosenfield, 2014
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Calligraphy