Hozanji Temple: Maitreya Bodhisattva
Ink and color on silk
彌勒菩薩像
日本
一般彌勒的造型有半跏思惟的菩薩像，或佛的形象，圖樣富有變化。自日本平安時代（794～1185）以後，因加上密教因素，出現以寶塔為標幟的菩薩相之圖像。此圖即以此形象表現，推測是在鎌倉時代（1185～1333）初期，南都（今奈良）盛行彌勒菩薩信仰背景下所作。一八九九年指定為日本重要文化財。
菩薩左手執載有寶塔的長莖蓮花，右手垂置膝前，結與願印，身軀稍微向右，結跏趺坐於蓮座上。整體以朱、綠色描繪，肌膚以淡朱色暈染，並以挺拔的朱線勾描。構圖自然，色調明快，簡潔生動，筆法強勁有力，留傳南都之畫風。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 344.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Hozanji Temple: Maitreya Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 344.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Hozanji Temple: Maitreya Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:344.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Hozanji Temple: Maitreya Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 344).
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