Question

This figure’s “heavenly multitude” is replaced with music-playing aliens in a 1996 work of 3D video art. Six tiny statues of this figure stand on a wire that extends out of the mouth of a bald man with an antler-topped walking staff in a naturalistic 13th-century sculpture. Silken cords were often attached to sculptures of this figure, who stands on swirling clouds (-5[1])with 25 attendants in paintings from the “Welcoming Descent” genre. Multiple (15[1])artisans (-5[1])carved small parts of this figure’s (*) gold-leaf-covered (-5[1])sculpture at Phoenix Hall in the first use of the “joined-wood,” or yosegi, technique invented by Jōchō. Heian-era raigo paintings depict this figure bringing (-5[1])dying devotees (10[1])to a world also depicted in (10[1])Diamond Realm mandalas. (10[2])For 10 points, name this figure depicted in the Great Buddha of Kamakura and other sculptures of Pure Land Buddhism. ■END■ (10[9]0[1])

ANSWER: Amida Buddha [or Amitabha Buddha; or Amitāyus; or Amida Nyorai; or Ēmítuó Fó; or Amita Bul; or A Di Đà Phật; or Öpakmé; or Tsépakmé Buddha; reject “Buddha”] (The first sentence refers to Pure Land by Mariko Mori. The second sentence refers to a statue of Kūya.)
<JB, Painting and Sculpture>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y14100%7%29%124.57

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tracy Mirkinsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zonePunished "Venom" BHSU61-5
Will AlstonLMM's LLM MLMThe Empire Bikes Back7215
Matt BollingerBHSU BWe Need New Names73-5
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)80-5
Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown104-5
Robert WangNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Lisan al-Quib10610
Daniel MaThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer11210
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago11510
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!11510
Annabelle YangA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceThe Dyatlov Passement incident13610
Eric ChenBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boywhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything13610
Dylan MinarikAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team13610
Fred GarveyLes MissourablesgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet13610
Jason HongThe Jeam TeamMindgoblin of Little Hobbes13610
Andrew WangPunished "Venom" BHSUsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone13610
Jerry VinokurovThe Oldest Men in the WorldRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A13610
Alexander NeroRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AThe Oldest Men in the World1360
Chris RayWe Need New NamesBHSU B13610
Anuttam Ramjiit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)13610