The Yamada-den Amida Triad, or Hōryūji Treasure N-144, is a 7th-century sculpture from the Asuka period depicting the Amida Triad, represented by the Buddha Amitābha, accompanied by the Bodhisattvas Kannon and Seishi (Mahasthamaprapta).

Amida triad is one style to place a Buddhist image in Buddhism. It is a triad style and consists of Amida-Nyorai, i.e., Amitabha Buddha at the center and two attendants, Kannon-Bosatsu, i.e., Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva on the left and Seishi-Bosatsu, i.e., Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva on …

Raigō (Japanese: 来迎, lit. "welcoming approach"; Sanskrit: pratyudyāna) in Japanese Buddhism is the appearance of the Amida Buddha on a "purple" cloud (紫雲) at the time of one's death. [1]

Title: Amida Triad in the Form of Sacred Sanskrit Syllables. Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333) Date: 13th century. Culture: Japan. Medium: Hanging scroll; silk embroidery, gold-wrapped thread, and human hair

The Amida Sanzon Triad, Amida Raig ō, and Amida Sanzon Raig ō are common themes in Japanese Buddhist statuary and painting, especially among Japan’s Pure Land (Jōdo 浄土) sects.

The Raigō of Amida and Twenty-Five Attendants, or Rapid Descent of Amida is a 14th century Japanese scroll painting on silk completed during the late Kamakura period.

One fresco depicting an Amida (Amitabha) Triad shows graceful figures rendered with comparative naturalism and defined with consistent, unmodulated brush lines known as “wire lines” (tessen-byō). Like the Hōryū pagoda sculptures, the …

The principal object of devotion at the Zenkōji temple in Nagano is a gilt bronze Amida triad said to have traveled from India through China on its way to Japan in the early 600s. A hidden icon, or hibutsu, the Zenkōji Amida triad was rarely seen.

Amida triad. A triad consisting of the Buddha * Amida 阿弥陀 (Sk:Amitabha/Amitayus) at the center flanked by two attendants, most commonly the bodhisattvas * Kannon 観音 (Sk: Avalokitsvara) on the left and * Seishi 勢至 (Sk: Mahasthamaprapta) on the right.

Human hair is used to embroider the seed syllables (Skt. bīja; J. shuji) serving as the icon’s triad of Amida (Skt. Amitābha) and bodhisattva attendants; perhaps it is the hair of the person memorialized in the rites for which this work served as the principal object of worship.