Saidaiji Temple Ragaraja Hall: Ragaraja
Cypress wood
Saidaiji Temple Ragaraja Hall: Ragaraja
JAPAN, Nara; Kamakura period
The statue was assembled from cypress wood with eyes inlaid with semi-precious stones. The sculpture was made by Zen’en in 1247 and owes its fine state of preservation from being kept in a niche. It was listed as an Important Cultural Property in 1924.
Ragaraja wears a lion’s head nestled within bristling hair, a stole, and some jewelry. The right hands hold a lotus, an arrow and a five-pronged vajra, while the left hands hold a bell and a bow. The figure sits in full lotus position on a many-layered lotus throne supported on a vase and a circular base. The circular mandorla is a later addition and painted with a gray nimbus and aureole.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 899.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Saidaiji Temple Ragaraja Hall: Ragaraja." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 899.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Saidaiji Temple Ragaraja Hall: Ragaraja" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:899.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Saidaiji Temple Ragaraja Hall: Ragaraja. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 899).
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