Amidaji Temple: Reliquary Stupa and Reliquary
Iron
鐵寶塔
日本
平安時代（794～1185）晚期奈良東大寺燒毀後，俊乘房重源於周防（今山口縣）創建東大寺別院阿彌陀寺，作為重建東大寺的據點，並於鎌倉建久八年（1197）造立此塔。為日本鐵寶塔傳世遺品中現存最古老、最大的一座。一九五四年指定為日本國寶。
塔通高301.3公分。方形塔基四面中央圓相內，分別陽鑄金剛界四方四佛之梵文種子字；兩側有重源所題銘文，書寫阿彌陀寺東南西北境內、造寺起塔旨趣、紀年銘、本願及鑄工姓名，這些鑄工亦是當時參與重建東大寺大佛鑄造的成員。
圓筒形塔身，正面闢長方形門扇，塔檐為攢尖頂，檐角上下設有小環扣。塔檐上承接露盤、九層相輪、水煙和寶珠二枚。內有水晶製五輪塔，高13.9公分，塔內供奉七顆舍利。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 3.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Amidaji Temple: Reliquary Stupa and Reliquary." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 3.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Amidaji Temple: Reliquary Stupa and Reliquary" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:3.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Amidaji Temple: Reliquary Stupa and Reliquary. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 3).
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