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Senboku: Mirror with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara (front)

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Senboku: Mirror with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara (back)

金銅線刻千手觀音菩薩像鏡

日本秋田縣仙北郡中村三妥谷地出土

一六七七年日本秋田縣仙北郡中村三妥谷地出土。為平安時代(794~1185)十世紀下半葉作品,乃現存像鏡中最出色者。一九五三年指定為日本國寶。
 秋田縣位於本州東北部,當地藤原氏因拓展領地,常與愛奴族爭戰。推測此像鏡為藤原氏女子,為追悼及超薦陣亡親人而作。鏡背有奉納者刻銘「崇紀」、「佛師僧」、「大趣具主延曆僧仁祐 女具主藤原安女子」。
 鏡體呈菱花形,造型優美。銅鎏金,直徑14公分,厚0.47公分。鏡面中央以蹴雕刻出千手觀音立像。菩薩面貌及體軀圓滿,頂上有十餘面佛首,身體兩側四十臂作放射形伸展,手中分持蓮花、水瓶、錫杖、弓矢等器物。
 觀音像左右對稱各有四尊護法神祇,推測係水天、風天、多聞天、大自在天、羅剎天、焰摩天、火天及帝釋天。觀音足下左右線刻婆藪仙人和功德天。鏡背面鑄寶相花和蝴蝶紋飾。全作線條繁複,構圖緊密卻不顯凌亂。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 298.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Senboku: Mirror with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Senboku: Mirror with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Senboku: Mirror with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 298).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 298,
title = {{Senboku: Mirror with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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