Daihoonji Temple: Prince Siddhartha at Birth
Gilt copper alloy
Daihoonji Temple: Prince Siddhartha at Birth
JAPAN, Kyoto; Kamakura period
The body of the statue was cast as a single piece and the lotus pedestal attached later. The sculpture is listed as an Important Cultural Property.
The skirted prince stands barefoot, declaring that in this final birth he will become greater than any in heaven or on earth. The right hand points to the sky, the left to the ground in witness. The hair and usnisa have whorls. The folds of the robe are realistic, which is a characteristic of the Kamakura period (1185–1333).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 278.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Daihoonji Temple: Prince Siddhartha at Birth." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 278.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Daihoonji Temple: Prince Siddhartha at Birth" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:278.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Daihoonji Temple: Prince Siddhartha at Birth. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 278).
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