Sakuramotobou Temple: Sakyamuni Buddha
Gilt bronze
Sakuramotobou Temple: Sakyamuni Buddha
JAPAN, Nara, Yoshino; Hakuho period
This small copper statue dates from the Hakuho period (645–710) and was originally gilded. The Buddha’s rounded face is solemn beneath the high usnisa. The right hand is raised in abhaya (fearlessness) mudra and the left hand is half closed and rests on the knee. Monastic robes fall from the shoulders to overspread the throne on which the figure is seated. The folds ripple downwards in waves of increasing depth in a style typical of that era.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 901.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sakuramotobou Temple: Sakyamuni Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 901.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sakuramotobou Temple: Sakyamuni Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:901.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sakuramotobou Temple: Sakyamuni Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 901).
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