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Bodhisattva in Contemplation

Red pine wood

思惟菩薩半跏像

日本

又稱寶冠彌勒,因其頂戴寶冠,故名。現藏於日本京都廣隆寺新靈寶殿。據平安貞觀十五年(873)的《廣隆寺資財交替實錄帳》記載,有「金色彌勒菩薩像一軀」,而推測此尊是彌勒菩薩。據《日本書紀》記載,其來源有二說,一說是飛鳥推古天皇十一年(603)百濟國贈與聖德太子,再由太子賜與秦河勝,即此像;另一說是推古天皇三十一年時,由新羅國攜回置於葛野秦寺(今廣隆寺)。一九五一年指定為日本國寶。
 此像被認為是廣隆寺創建時的主尊,約雕造於七世紀上半葉,由日本少有的赤松木整材雕刻而成。原施有漆繪金箔,因年代久遠剝落,除小部分仍保有金箔外,整尊雕像呈現木紋之美。
 此尊造像身軀修長,像高84.2公分,手指纖細。上身無胸飾及瓔珞,顯得純淨簡潔;下裙以二層襞褶表現衣服的質感,衣紋雖有飛鳥時代(538~645)止利的繁複樣式,但頭部、軀體及台座內部似有鑿空,更顯輕薄優雅。右足置於左腿上,左足垂下,右手三指揚起,似輕觸面頰,呈半跏思惟狀,其深沉思索的表情,被視為雕刻的極致。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 173.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bodhisattva in Contemplation." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 173.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bodhisattva in Contemplation" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:173.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bodhisattva in Contemplation. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 173).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 173,
title = {{Bodhisattva in Contemplation}},
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