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Hosshoji Temple Main Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara

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法性寺千手觀音菩薩像

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位於日本京都市東山區本町法性寺本堂。據傳該像約於平安延長二年(924)藤原忠平創建法性寺時灌頂堂的主尊,現安置於本堂。像容與現圖胎藏界曼荼羅等所描述的千手觀音相同。頭部、軀幹、胸前合掌雙手及捧鉢的手腕由堅密櫻木整材雕刻,再接合餘手及頭上諸面與耳後兩面等,以素木潤飾完成。持物與台座等均為後來補上。一九五二年指定為日本國寶。
 觀音共二十八面,右面為菩薩面,左面是忿怒面,頭上有三層,第一層十四面,第二層十面,頂層為佛面。眉毛細長,眼瞼微閉,寬額豐頰,鼻唇細小,表情沉穩。寬肩厚胸,細腰,身材勻稱。正身雙手合掌,左右各有二十隻手,向兩側伸展,持有法輪、寶鐸、寶瓶、寶斧、寶鉞、念珠、寶劍、金剛杵及佛像等各式法器。帔巾及下裳的衣紋流暢簡練,襞褶似翻波的造型,呈現動感。
 從造像作風推斷,約雕造於十世紀上半葉,為轉向和樣化過渡期之遺例。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 461.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Hosshoji Temple Main Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 461.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Hosshoji Temple Main Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:461.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Hosshoji Temple Main Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 461).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 461,
title = {{Hosshoji Temple Main Hall: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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