Gokoin Temple: Amitabha Buddha
Cypress wood
阿彌陀佛坐像
日本
此像造型據《五劫思惟阿彌陀如來緣起》記載，傳說是日本僧人俊乘房重源自中國宋代（960～1279）攜回善導大師作的二尊像中的一尊，在此之前日本並無此類造像，之後則出現不少此種實例。一九六四年指定為日本重要文化財。
此類造像頭部出奇地大，螺髮覆及雙耳有如戴帽，長及後頸，以視覺效果呈現阿彌陀佛於法藏比丘時五劫久遠時間思惟建設淨土和救度一切眾生的形象，故稱五劫思惟阿彌陀佛，其造型可分為結定印與合掌二種。
該像頭部、體軀至足趾由檜木整材雕出，像底、背面、頭後皆刳空。外表漆繪金箔，臉部厚塗木屑漆。面相、身軀渾圓，著通肩袈裟，雙手藏於袖內，可能手結定印，結跏趺坐。閉目凝神，表情堅定，模樣可愛。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 375.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Gokoin Temple: Amitabha Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 375.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Gokoin Temple: Amitabha Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:375.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Gokoin Temple: Amitabha Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 375).
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