Kozanji Temple: Dharmacakra Cylinder (detail)
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Kozanji Temple: Dharmacakra Cylinder (detail)
木彩繪轉法輪筒
日本
日本十二世紀作品。轉法輪法為安穩國界，摧破諸魔怨敵而修持之秘法。修持此法時，將轉法輪筒安置於法壇上。
器呈圓筒形，木質，高23.1公分，直徑5.7公分。筒身白地，描繪十大藥叉、三大龍王及三大天后等十六大護法尊像。筒蓋刻劃輪寶，上書種子梵字。圖像色彩鮮明，線條流暢；人物體軀勻稱，臉龐圓潤，表情溫和，為平安時代（794～1185）之畫風。
轉法輪法係依據中國唐代（618～907）不空譯《轉法輪菩薩摧魔怨敵法》經典，十一世紀始於日本真言密教。據儀軌記載，修此法時，或將敵人名字書於筒蓋表面，以降伏怨敵；或以紙或絹布作其形象，上記怨敵姓名投入筒內，以後者作法較常見。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 166.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kozanji Temple: Dharmacakra Cylinder." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 166.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Kozanji Temple: Dharmacakra Cylinder" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:166.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Kozanji Temple: Dharmacakra Cylinder. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 166).
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