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One Million Pagodas and Dharani Texts

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木雕百萬塔

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日本奈良時代(710~794)作品。《續日本紀》記載,天平勝寶八年(756),孝謙天皇(745~758在位)平定叛亂時,為鎮國護民及滅罪、息災,發下弘願,造三重小塔一百萬座,分置諸寺。塔完成於奈良寶龜元年(770),敕賜大和(今奈良)的大安寺、元興寺、東大寺、西大寺、藥師寺、興福寺、法隆寺……十間寺院,各十萬座塔,至今僅法隆寺尚留存。圖中為百萬塔之二座,乃當時賜予法隆寺之物,現藏於東京根津美術館。
 塔為木質,由塔基、塔身及塔剎組成。圓形塔基,直徑約10.2~10.5公分。塔身三層,向上逐層收分,上層設孔,孔直徑約1.5公分,內藏黃麻紙印製之陀羅尼,紙高5.5公分。塔身上接五重相輪之塔剎及剎頂寶珠。造型古樸,通體無紋飾。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 214.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "One Million Pagodas and Dharani Texts." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 214.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "One Million Pagodas and Dharani Texts" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:214.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). One Million Pagodas and Dharani Texts. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 214).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 214,
title = {{One Million Pagodas and Dharani Texts}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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