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Gilded wooden statue of a standing bodhisattva with a ringed staff on a green lotus base, against a gray background.

The Bodhisattva Jizō

A gilded wooden standing figure of a shaven-headed bodhisattva holds a staff with a ringed finial in one hand and a sleeve-draped gesture in the other. Flowing robes with gold patterning fall over a tiered lotus base, set against a plain gray background.

Artist
Intan
Date
1291
Medium
Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) with polychrome pigments, gold paint (kindei), cut gold leaf (kirikane), and rock-crystal eyes
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2998 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1291).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund, by exchange, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, and Fletcher Fund, 2023

Español: El bodhisattva Jizō, escultura japonesa en madera

Una figura de madera dorada y policromada de un bodhisattva con la cabeza rapada sostiene un bastón con remate de anillos en una mano y deja caer la manga de la otra. Sus ropajes con diseños dorados caen sobre una base de loto escalonada, frente a un fondo gris liso.

Português: O bodisatva Jizō, escultura japonesa em madeira

Uma figura de madeira dourada e policromada de um bodisatva de cabeça raspada segura um cajado com remate de anéis em uma mão e deixa a manga cair na outra. Vestes fluidas com padrões dourados descem sobre uma base de lótus em camadas, diante de um fundo cinza liso.

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