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Amitabha Buddha

Ink and color on silk

紅玻璃阿彌陀佛像

日本

阿彌陀佛為密教金剛界五方佛之一,身著紅色袈裟,乃因五大、五色配置五方五佛時,西方阿彌陀佛為火大,呈紅玻璃色,故稱之。此圖為密教獨特的尊像,為修持消除罪障紅玻璃秘法之主尊。一九○三年指定為日本重要文化財。
 圖中阿彌陀佛為金色肌膚,結跏趺坐於蓮座上月輪中,手結禪定印,背後有頭光、身光,周緣飾火焰紋。著紅色袒右袈裟,敷彩,再塗繪綠青、群青之圓紋圖案。畫面四隅圓相內的小蓮台上,描繪隨侍金剛界阿彌陀佛的四菩薩之種子梵字。構圖穩重,畫法精密,尊容端莊,表現出鎌倉時代(1185~1333)華麗的密教圖像。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 28.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Amitabha Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 28.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Amitabha Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:28.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Amitabha Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 28).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H},
pages = 28,
title = {{Amitabha Buddha}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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