欢迎阿弥陀佛和菩萨的后裔 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	欢迎阿弥陀佛和菩萨的后裔
品名（英）	Welcoming Descent of Amida and Bodhisattvas
入馆年号	1942年，42.25.37
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Unidentified artist
创作年份	公元 1367 - 公元 1392
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 65 3/4 × 33 1/2 英寸 (167 × 85.1 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 8 ft. 3 1/2 英寸 × 39 1/2 英寸 (252.7 × 100.3 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 8 ft. 3 1/2 英寸 × 42 1/4 英寸 (252.7 × 107.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	像许多代表净土信仰通过信仰救赎的艺术作品一样，像这幅画这样的raigō（"欢迎后裔"）在死亡时是不可或缺的宗教家具。这样的瑞戈画描绘了阿米达（梵语：Amitabha）和他的随从从天堂降临，乘坐莲花宝座将一名信徒带回西方天堂的场景。卷轴经常挂在垂死者的床边，以确保在天堂重生的前景。由于传统上弥留之际头朝北，脸转向西方，因此肖像画通常描绘佛陀及其随行人员从左上角向下朝右下角走来，以迎接弥留之际的凝视。有时会将丝线系在佛陀的手上，在前往天堂的旅途中为垂死的人提供身体帮助。
介绍（英）	Like many of the works of art created to represent the Pure Land belief in salvation through faith, raigō ("welcoming descent") paintings like this one were indispensable religious furnishings at the time of death. Such raigo paintings depict the scene in which Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha) and his attendants descend from heaven to take a believer back to the Western Paradise on a lotus throne. The scrolls were often hung by the bedside of the dying to ensure the prospect of rebirth in paradise. Since traditionally the dying lay with their heads to the north and their faces turned west, raigō paintings usually depict the Buddha and his entourage coming from the upper left down toward the lower right so as to meet the gaze of the dying. Sometimes silken cords were attached to Buddha's hand, offering the dying physical assistance during the journey to paradise.