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Saikyoji Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased

Ink and color on silk

阿彌陀佛及聖眾來迎圖

日本

畫盒上書「迅雲彌陀」,迅雲意為表現阿彌陀佛及諸聖眾接引往生者如疾風般的快速,故名。畫面上下皆有題記,由上方已模糊的題贊字跡看來,以「弟子天台僧源信」作開頭,得知係日本天台宗來迎圖的共同贊文,題贊下一橫排小月輪,內書梵字,為此圖所特有。繪製於十四世紀,現為日本重要文化財。
 圖中以手捧蓮花的觀音與合掌的大勢至二菩薩作為前導,中央為趺坐於蓮座上的阿彌陀佛,手結印。佛身後上方是合掌的七菩薩,其中二尊為比丘形;最上方為奏樂的十一尊菩薩伴隨於後,聲勢浩大。佛菩薩身軀大小比例懸殊,加上乘坐的八朵紫雲之配置,無背景襯托,使觀者感受到廣大空間。
 佛及菩薩身軀採紅地塗刷金泥,再以朱線描繪;衣服則於淡茶地表現金泥紋樣,再敷彩潤飾而成。天衣的輪廓亦以金泥線勾描,寶冠和裝飾物均貼飾金箔,碎金線僅用於放光與題記之界線等。除擊鼓的二尊菩薩站立外,餘為坐姿,從諸尊的姿態推測係於鎌倉時代(1185~1333)末期依古本所製。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 777.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Saikyoji Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 777.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Saikyoji Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:777.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Saikyoji Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 777).
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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 P-Z},
pages = 777,
title = {{Saikyoji Temple: Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattvas Welcoming the Deceased}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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