Korean Statue of a Seated Bodhisattva, Shôwa period,
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
The Korean Seated Bodhisattva—likely based on one of the celebrated gilt-bronze meditating Maitreya figures that are among Korea's greatest sculptural treasures—shows Saito extending his Buddhist figure work beyond the Japanese tradition. The Korean pensive Maitreya, with its slender body and the characteristic pose of one leg crossed over the other, one hand raised to the cheek, is formally distinct from Japanese Buddhist sculpture of the same type, and Saito's rendering would note those formal differences.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Korean Statue of a Seated Bodhisattva, Shôwa period, was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
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