Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster
Earthenware
Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster
JAPAN, Nara; Nara period
Recovered from the lecture hall of Todaiji Temple, this 8th century tile was used to decorate the ends of the main ridge or roof hips. The arched tile has the face of a monster with protruding eyes, widened nostrils, two indentations on the bridge of the nose, and an open mouth revealing its fangs, one of which is missing. The tile is decorated with traces of beads around the face and zigzag motifs in the upper section.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 339.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 339.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:339.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 339).
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