Jobon Rendaiji Temple: Six Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas
Ink and color on silk
六地藏菩薩像
日本
此畫為地藏菩薩化身於六道救度眾生之六地藏信仰，與結合地藏來迎思想所繪製的珍貴遺品。推測係日本鎌倉時代（1185～1333）末期所作。一九○八年指定為日本重要文化財。
地藏菩薩出現於釋迦入滅後無佛的世界救度六道眾生，於末法思想高漲時期，為對應各道而有六尊地藏菩薩造像，即所謂的六地藏信仰之成立。
畫面由下而上六尊地藏菩薩分持寶珠、錫杖、寶珠華盤、如意、柄香爐及幢幡，雙腳分踏二蓮台，共乘飛雲而來，上端拖曳長雲尾。菩薩形貌相似，秀麗清新，舉止優雅。袈裟衣紋飾以碎金線，胸前佩飾瓔珞，戴手環。作品主題明確，設色典雅，布局對稱，構圖勻整，繪工精密。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 393.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Jobon Rendaiji Temple: Six Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 393.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Jobon Rendaiji Temple: Six Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:393.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Jobon Rendaiji Temple: Six Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 393).
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