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Toshodaiji Temple Golden Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara

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唐招提寺千手觀音菩薩像

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位於金堂主尊盧舍那佛坐像之右側,立於低平四重瓣蓮台上,像高535.7公分,台高53公分,是日本最大最古老的十一面千手觀音立像,相傳是鑑真的弟子如寶於師圓寂後所作。一九五二年指定為日本國寶。
 此像以木心乾漆技法造像,先將中心的芯材由數根木材接合而成,外表塗厚乾漆,再以混合漆、木屑和麥粉等糊狀材料,塑出細緻的形象,最後塗漆、貼金箔而成。
 頭上十面,額頭正中刻第三眼。主要手臂有四十二隻,其中四手以合掌,或掌心向上的姿勢置於正面,其餘則分兩層從肩後展開成圓形,中間以小手填滿空間,現存九百一十一隻手,此造型係據《千光眼觀自在菩薩祕密法經》所述。
 菩薩主要手臂分別持金剛杵、三叉戟、梵鏡、月輪、寶珠、寶弓、寶印、●(Q)索、錫杖、數珠、淨瓶、蓮苞等法器。此像不僅具體地表達象徵性的「千」,並將十一面、千手千眼觀音造型融於一體,巧心獨具。
 該像身軀豐腴,臉龐方正,眉目細長,帔帛、衣裙自然柔軟,與該堂的藥師佛立像風格相近,推測為八世紀末之作品。千年來,雖經幾番整修,但高大的軀幹和背後的千手仍保持勻整。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1250.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Toshodaiji Temple Golden Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1250.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Toshodaiji Temple Golden Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1250.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Toshodaiji Temple Golden Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1250).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z},
pages = 1250,
title = {{Toshodaiji Temple Golden Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}


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