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Creator.Personal Name: 五雲. Creator.Personal Name: Goun. Creator.Role: calligrapher Title: 南無阿弥陀佛 [Hail Amida Buddha] Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper; cursive script kanji; inscribed and signed by the artist; three artist's seals. Type: Calligraphy--Japanese. Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Japanese. Culture: Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Technique: painting. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 18 x 53.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. Details: signature and seals: 
Translation: Namu amida butsu 南無阿弥陀佛 is the Japanese reading of the original Sanskrit phrase namoamitābhabuddhāya (Hail, Amida Buddha or Hommage to Amida Buddha). This formula is known as the nembutsu 念佛—literally, to meditate on a Buddha. The term has come to mean the invocation or recitation of a Buddha's name, especially that of Amida Buddha. |
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