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Chionin Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased

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阿彌陀佛及二十五菩薩來迎圖

日本

此圖以對角線描繪阿彌陀佛和二十五菩薩一行快速從虛空中乘雲陡降,表現出迅速來迎的樣子,故通稱速來迎。
 日本平安(794~1185)至鎌倉(1185~1333)時代淨土思想盛行,來迎圖為代表淨土信仰的創作主題之一,表現阿彌陀佛接引往生者的情景。此幅為鎌倉時代佛畫以及阿彌陀佛來迎圖的代表作,繪製於十三世紀末。一九五五年指定為日本國寶。
 畫面右下方描繪山莊,一往生僧人合掌端坐於房舍內,山莊周圍出現化佛,上端虛空浮現淨土樓閣。其餘大半畫幅表現阿彌陀佛和二十五菩薩正越過連綿山巒的景象。尾隨最後的菩薩從山面的棱線露出半身,捧蓮台的觀世音菩薩率先到達往生者前,聖眾中央的阿彌陀佛從白毫放出一道光,直達往生者。
 作品筆觸纖細,色彩成對比。巧妙使用粗細不同的墨線表現山丘,由近至遠,山林漸次漸小,以顯現遠近,並以松、櫻、瀑布等點綴群山。隱沒在盛開櫻花叢中的山莊,有河水流淌,呈現出深度空間。其構圖和表現手法大膽生動,是美術史上意義深遠的作品。
 此圖像表現《觀無量壽經》所說的上品上生,二十五菩薩則於《十往生阿彌陀佛國經》中有所記載。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 150.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Chionin Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 150.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Chionin Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:150.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Chionin Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 150).
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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 A-H},
pages = 150,
title = {{Chionin Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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