Vajrasattva Bodhisattva
Ink and color on silk
金剛薩埵像
日本
金剛薩埵又稱金剛手菩薩，為大日如來之應化身，在密教中占有重要地位。金剛薩埵一語，象徵堅固不壞之菩提心與煩惱即菩提之妙理。此類圖像之單尊像在日本甚為少見。該像因畫風溫和，而被視為鎌倉時代（1185～1333）後期之作。
圖中菩薩頭戴寶冠，垂髮披肩，佩項圈、花飾，帔帛斜披胸前，著下裙。右手握五股杵，左手執五股鈴，結跏趺坐於二重六角蓮座上。身後頭光、身光周緣有熾盛的火焰環繞。寶冠、瓔珞、鈴、杵等金具以墨線勾描。絹背貼飾金箔，今已失。衣服施以彩色紋樣，而不使用碎金裝飾。蓮瓣、座框以綠青、群青、朱和丹色塗繪，再以墨線勾勒，並添加白色。構圖自然，筆墨柔潤，設色高雅。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 959.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajrasattva Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 959.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Vajrasattva Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:959.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Vajrasattva Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 959).
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