Pi??olabbaradv?ja, the First of the Sixteen Arhats, 13th - early 14th century, Unknown Japanese, 37 3/4 ¡Ñ 15 3/4 in. (95.89 ¡Ñ 40.01 cm) (image)68 ¡Ñ 22 1/2 in. (172.72 ¡Ñ 57.15 cm) (mount), Ink, color, and gold leaf on silk, Japan, 13th-14th century, Buddhist 'achievers' or rakan strive for 'awakening'¡Xenlightenment¡Xand the attaining of nirvana. Rakan could be depicted in a more natural, life-like manner or with grotesquely distorted features. The image of the running waterfall in the background and a deer standing next to a seated rakan figure might depict the third rakan, Kanaka, who vowed to protect the Buddha¡¦s Law.