Tachibanadera Temple: Nichira
Cypress wood
日羅像
日本
該像出處不詳，雕造於九世紀，現藏於日本奈良橘寺聖倉殿。日羅傳說為百濟渡日之僧人，被尊奉為聖德太子的佛法老師。該像除兩手掌後補外，從頭部至蓮台由檜木整材雕出，像內不刳空，妝彩，現留存部分痕跡。一九○一年指定為日本重要文化財。
此像作僧形，整體比例頭部較小，身軀豐厚，腰身向右稍扭，左腳挺直，伸展高腰的體格。右手伸直垂下，掌心朝外，左手屈肘平臂，作托寶珠之姿，跣足立於六角六瓣蓮台上。髮際線分明，大弧形雙眉高過額面，眼睛細長，小唇豐頰，垂大耳，神情靜謐。著袒右袈裟，腿部無刻劃褶紋，腹下衣紋呈「Y」形，沿股間垂至腳邊，棱條凸起，深雕銳利，刀法明快。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1188.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tachibanadera Temple: Nichira." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1188.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Tachibanadera Temple: Nichira" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1188.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Tachibanadera Temple: Nichira. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1188).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z},
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