Amida: Descending over the Mountains

It appears to have a four-dimensional quality with the way that Zenrinji does it. The first dimension shows the people that seem to be going to war. The faces on the warriors’ are painted and two men are standing across the river looking as though they are ready to fight. The coloring in the first dimension or foreground is a bit on the bold side. It shows a dark side even with the colors being pastel in nature. The two leaders, however, are soft with pastel – like green and red. The mountains in the foreground are softly colored yet bold in their appearance. It has shades of sea green and a soft rose color. The foreground looks both natura

This painting shows a lot, about what the Japanese believed in the thirteenth century. The mood of it is a little fierce and dark, but overall soft and peaceful.

The third dimension of the painting is the main subject of the painting. It shows Amida, the Buddhist Japanese God, rising above the mountains watching over his angels and the people at war. He is a very colorful figure in the painting with two different shades of blue, a dark sky blue around his arm and a lighter shade of blue around his shoulders. Around the lighter shade of blue, there is a goldish yellow. He also has a halo, which could be considered part of the background depending on which way one looks at the picture. The halo has the rosy pink and the light blue that is used throughout the painting; however, it is more mixed than with the rest of the painting. It also has a hint of yellow surrounding it. This dimension is abstract

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Descending Mountains”, Japanese God, Zenrinji Japanese, rest painting, green soft, sea green, red mountains, lighter shade blue, ready fight, angelic people, lighter shade, rising mountains, shade blue, � green,