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Komyoji Temple: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara

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子安觀音菩薩像 木喰五行明滿

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子安觀音菩薩信仰源為無子嗣之父母冀求菩薩送子,或妊婦祈願安產及守護幼兒平安成長,自古以來廣受民間崇信。
 此像原刻鑿於生長地上的活槙樹(即羅漢松),故稱為立木佛,後來為了保存而將其切割下來,狀若置於樹洞的木雕像。
 菩薩髮髻高綰,裹布,長髮沿肩背垂披而下。左手抱著嬰孩於懷中,坐於蓮座上。額頭飽滿,雙頰豐潤,濃眉厚唇,斂目小鼻,滿臉笑容,面貌慈愛。大衣厚重,衣紋簡約大方,身上無配飾,造型樸拙。其懷中之嬰孩束髮,穿著有領子的衣服,作吮吸手指的姿態,充滿溫馨美滿的氛圍。
 木喰於江戶安永二年(1773)雲遊日本各地,從北海道至九州南部,並發願敬刻佛像千尊,復興各地荒廢的寺院。曾二次巡禮四國,一次於天明七年(1787),另一次在寬政十一年(1799),此像即第二次參訪四國時所雕造,是為晚年之作。
 木喰雕刻之佛像不受傳統樣式和技法束縛,選材自由,不拘形式,可於短時間內大量造像,一氣雕就。衣紋線條明顯,背光及台座近似幾何圖案,作風獨具一格;所雕之佛像多相好豐圓,浮現微笑的表情,通稱「微笑佛」,予人親近之感。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 553.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Komyoji Temple: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 553.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Komyoji Temple: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:553.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Komyoji Temple: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 553).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 553,
title = {{Komyoji Temple: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara}},
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