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Kogenji Temple Avalokitesvara Hall: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara

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Kogenji Temple Avalokitesvara Hall: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara (detail)

向源寺十一面觀音菩薩像

日本

位於日本滋賀縣長濱市高月町向源寺觀音堂,雕造於九世紀中葉,為等身造像。此像頭部、軀幹至台座由檜木整材雕出,頭上菩薩面與瓔珞以另材接合,外表以素木潤飾而成,背面內刳,再嵌上蓋板。姿態優美、勻稱,被視為平安時代(794~1185)初期之代表作。一九五三年指定為日本國寶。
 菩薩面相端嚴,自鼻梁延伸之眉線大弧度上挑,眼瞼低垂,鼻挺唇厚,戴大耳璫,刻劃深入,具印度風之容貌。身形豐圓,腰身稍扭,左手握淨瓶,右手作與願印,立於多重蓮台上。袒上身,帔帛斜掛胸前,並自肩膀垂懸於腹前,繞肘飄向體側,下裙於腹前翻折,裙襬摺疊至雙足,褶紋流暢自然。
 菩薩天冠正中豎有化佛立像。頭上可分二層,上層一尊為菩薩相而非佛相,下層有六面。本面左右配置牙上出相與忿怒相,加上背面暴惡大笑面,共有三面,合計十一面。每面皆頂戴二重圓背光之化佛坐像,造型特殊。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 552.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kogenji Temple Avalokitesvara Hall: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 552.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kogenji Temple Avalokitesvara Hall: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:552.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kogenji Temple Avalokitesvara Hall: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 552).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
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 = 552,
title = {{Kogenji Temple Avalokitesvara Hall: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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