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Anonymous
The Bodhisattva Jizōlate Heian period, circa 1070-1120

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Tall wooden sculpture of a standing robed Buddhist figure with shaved head, worn parchment-white surface, standing on a gilded lotus pedestal over a dark octagonal base

Anonymous, The Bodhisattva Jizō, late Heian period, circa 1070-1120 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
The Bodhisattva Jizō
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late Heian period, circa 1070-1120
Period
Heian period (794 - 1185)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
a-b): 75 1/8 x 24 x 24 in. (190.8175 x 60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold
Accession Number
M.74.117a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Mochizuki, Shinjyo. Nihon bukky¯o bijutsu mih¯o: Mochizuki Shinj¯o/ Japanese Buddhist Art Objects in Private Collections: List of Objects. Japan: Sansaisha, 1973.
  • Yamane, Yuzo; Shimada, Sh¯ujir¯o; Akiyama, Terukazu. Zaigai Nihonno shih¯o: Sculpture. Tokyo, Japan: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1980.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Beckett, Sister Wendy. Sister Wendy's American Collection, Toby Eady Associates, ed. Harper Collins Publishers, 2000.
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.