Japan, 19th century; ink stamps on paper mounted on silk; mounted prints: 36 x 14 5/8 in., overall including brocade and knobs: 58 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.; Private Collection.
19. Saigoku Pilgrimage Scroll
Saigoku Station No.16: Otowasan Kiyomizudera.
Saigoku Station No.16: Otowasan Kiyomizudera.
The ofuda for Station 16 shows the Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara (Senju Kannon) accompanied by two attendants: Bishamon, a guardian deity, and Jizo, a pilgrim bodhisattva. Avalokiteshvara here raises two of his forty-two arms above his head in order to hold a small statue of Amitabha. LL