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Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings - Vaisravana (north wall)

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Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings - Virupaksa (west wall)

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Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings - Virudhaka (south wall)

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Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings - Dhrtarastra (east wall)

無垢淨光舍利塔地宮四天王像

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位於遼寧省瀋陽市皇姑區無垢淨光舍利塔地宮四壁。塔建於遼重熙十三年(1044),塔下地宮四壁繪四天王及其侍從,共計九身,應與建築同時期完成。
 據經典記載,四天王各住在須彌山腰的四方,守護天下,名護世天王。其中持國天王居東方,增長天王居南方,廣目天王居西方,多聞天王又作毗沙門天王,居北方。此四天王依此方位繪製於地宮四壁。
 北壁多聞天王束髮戴冠,身著鎧甲,右手拄叉,左手托寶塔。天王左側有一夜叉,肩扛長劍;右側有一天女,頭束高髻,身著長裙,手捧寶盤。西壁廣目天王頭微側轉,雙肩高聳,右手持劍,右側有一頭作刺猬狀、肩扛劍鞘的鬼神相隨。南壁增長天王正身危坐,手持箭,右側挺立一鬼,瞪目而視。東壁持國天王右手握劍,左手撫腿,左側有一鬼神雙手合十,托狼牙棒侍立。
 四天王均坐於岩石之上,肌肉勁健,氣勢飛動,造型嚴謹生動,筆法瀟灑放逸,尚存唐代(618~907)遺風,與山西靈丘覺山寺塔遼代(907~1125)四天王畫像及應縣佛宮寺釋迦塔遼、金(1115~1234)時期的四天王畫像,在畫法、形式等方面有諸多相似,共同體現出早期四天王圖像的某些特徵。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 1021.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 1021.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:1021.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 1021).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 1021,
title = {{Wugou Jingguang Pagoda: Four Heavenly Kings}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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