Toshodaiji Temple: Medicine Buddha
Nutmeg wood
Toshodaiji Temple: Medicine Buddha
JAPAN, Nara; Nara period
The statue dates from the founding of Toshodaiji Temple in the mid-8th century and is listed as an Important Cultural Treasure. It was carved from a single piece of nutmeg wood but has been damaged over the centuries.
The head is small relative to the robust body. The Buddha wears a monastic robe, the folds of which gather between the legs in the style reminiscent of Tang dynasty (618–907) stone sculptures of Udayana Buddha. The skirt is just visible at ankle-length below the robe.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1245.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Toshodaiji Temple: Medicine Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1245.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Toshodaiji Temple: Medicine Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1245.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Toshodaiji Temple: Medicine Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1245).
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