Horyuji Temple: Amitabha Buddha Pentad
Brick
阿彌陀佛五尊像
日本
該磚佛現藏於日本奈良法隆寺佛龕中，左右兩側有缺損，厚4公分，是日本現存最大的磚佛。約製於七世紀末期，現為日本重要文化財。
主尊為阿彌陀佛倚坐像，手結說法印，足踏仰覆蓮台；其左右為觀音、大勢至二菩薩立像，皆束高髮髻，跣足立於仰蓮台上，一手舉至胸前，另一隻手垂下，向內側稍扭腰身，作相對姿態。三尊像皆帶有頭光，上方並垂掛寶蓋及二枝寶樹、花葉之裝飾，以表現淨土之莊嚴。主尊像身後兩側配置二比丘像，雙手合十，均以半浮雕技法刻製。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 442.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Horyuji Temple: Amitabha Buddha Pentad." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 442.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Horyuji Temple: Amitabha Buddha Pentad" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:442.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Horyuji Temple: Amitabha Buddha Pentad. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 442).
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