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Kofukuji Temple: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara; H: 520.5 cm

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Kofukuji Temple: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara - Statuette of Avalokitesvara

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Kofukuji Temple: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara - Print of Vaisravana

千手觀音菩薩像

日本

此像為日本鎌倉時代(1185~1333)前期之造像,原供奉於奈良興福寺舊齋堂,為該堂之主尊,現藏於該寺國寶館。一九六七年指定為日本國寶。
 明治四十年(1907)解體整修時,發現像內藏有木製五輪塔、白銅鏡、觀音菩薩像、千手觀音摺佛、毗沙門天王畫像及印佛、經卷、小佛像、供養人署名等大量物品,以及鎌倉建保五年至寬喜元年(1217~1229)之紀年寫經等。其中毗沙門天王像下方書有貞應二年(1223)紀年,敷彩的毗沙門天王像成為提供繪畫資料的珍貴作品。
 千手觀音菩薩像高520.5公分,由多塊檜木接合而成。十一面四十二臂,端立於仰覆蓮台上,台座高75公分。漆繪金箔,眼嵌玉石,頭光、身光雕飾紋樣。背光高563公分,其周緣已失。
 菩薩頭戴冠飾,束高髮髻,上有十面,巍峨莊嚴。敏銳的眼神及豐潤嚴肅的相貌,推測係正統慶派雕刻師所作。十二臂除胸前雙手合掌、腹前捧鉢外,其餘手臂從肩後向兩側伸展,呈放射狀,持有錫杖、三叉戟、●(Q)索、化佛、寶珠、蓮花、寶劍、拂子、念珠及寶瓶等器物,對稱勻整。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 542.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kofukuji Temple: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 542.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kofukuji Temple: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:542.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kofukuji Temple: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 542).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 542,
title = {{Kofukuji Temple: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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