Ippen Shonin Eden

Ippen Shonin Eden is a group of illustrated narrative handscrolls made during Japan's Kamakura period recounting the life of the Buddhist monk Ippen, founder of the Ji-shu branch of Pure Land Buddhism. The best known version, the Ippen Hijiri-e, was completed in 1299, about a decade after Ippen's death, painted unusually on silk rather than paper across twelve scrolls totalling roughly 9.22 by 10.90 meters. Recognized as a National Treasure of Japan, it belongs to Kankiko-ji temple in Kyoto and is now held across the Kyoto and Nara National Museums and the Tokyo National Museum. The scrolls chronicle Ippen's pilgrimages across Japan and his missionary teaching of the nenbutsu, the recitation of Amida Buddha's name, through ecstatic dance and preaching. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/