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該像雕造於十一世紀,仿日本京都教王護國寺毗沙門天王像而製,與常見的毗沙門天王形象不同,為兜跋毗沙門,現為日本重要文化財。中國自唐代(618~907)以後到宋代(960~1279),毗沙門天王之信仰已顯現出軍神、王城守護神的性格,有於城樓、軍營安置天王像之風習;人民在戰爭後,因飽受人畜財寶之掠奪,而崇敬之以祈福祐,遂也逐漸具福神之特性。
 該像頭戴四角寶冠,寶冠正面飾有鳳凰,身材修長,腰身微扭,身著長戰袍,披掛金鎖甲,左手托寶塔,右手持寶杵,足踏地神及二夜叉鬼,顯示其神勇。兩手臂有像蝦殼般的護腕,雙腿穿上護脛長靴,胸甲、腹前刻飾獸面。其面容、戰袍鎧甲之裝束為西域胡人之打扮,帶有濃厚的波斯和中亞色彩。外表敷彩,但現今多已剝落,露出素木顏色。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1290.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Vaisravana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1290.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Vaisravana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1290.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Vaisravana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1290).
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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 St-Z},
pages = 1290,
title = {{Vaisravana}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}


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