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Kaijusenji Temple: Illustration of the Lotus Sutra

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Kaijusenji Temple: Illustration of the Lotus Sutra (detail)

法華經變相

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此作品係將《妙法蓮華經》二十八品中選出〈序品〉、〈見寶塔品〉、〈妙音菩薩品〉、〈從地踊出品〉、〈如來神力品〉等五品大意繪成一圖,推測繪製於熱衷法華經信仰者中興海住山寺僧貞慶時期,現為日本重要文化財。
 圖中央偏左為〈序品〉,占大部分畫面,表現釋迦牟尼佛於靈鷲山宣說《法華經》的場面。佛眉間放出數道毫光,遍照東方一萬八千國土,並延伸至右下隅地獄、餓鬼世界。佛四周有比丘、阿羅漢、菩薩、諸天、居士等眾,恭敬圍遶,聞佛說法。其餘四品分布各處,分別為圖上方中央〈見寶塔品〉,描繪寶塔中釋迦、多寶二佛並坐。圖右上為〈妙音菩薩品〉。圖右方〈從地踊出品〉,呈現諸菩薩從地踊現的情景。圖左下為〈如來神力品〉,佛端坐於寶樹下獅子座上。
 畫中人物小,連綿的山丘、沙洲、樹林點綴其間,背景多留白,表現佛土廣大深遠。諸尊衣著塗繪朱、群青或丹等,賦彩明亮,佛之紅色袈裟施加細金紋樣。全圖用筆細緻,設色華麗,畫風縝密,為日本法華經變相的遺例之一。
 中國自古盛行《法華經》之信仰,自北魏(386~534)至盛唐(712~756),敦煌壁畫多有遺例,故關於《法華經》之圖畫、雕塑留存不少。日本法華經變相之製作始受中國的影響,平安(794~1185)至鎌倉(1185~1333)時代盛行《法華經》信仰,多繪有法華經變相之掛軸或壁畫。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 408.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kaijusenji Temple: Illustration of the Lotus Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 408.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Kaijusenji Temple: Illustration of the Lotus Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:408.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Kaijusenji Temple: Illustration of the Lotus Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 408).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 408,
title = {{Kaijusenji Temple: Illustration of the Lotus Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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