Yokokuraji Temple Ruriden Hall: Lotus Sutra Mandala
Sandalwood
橫藏寺法華曼荼羅圖
日本
位於日本岐阜縣揖斐郡揖斐川町橫藏寺●（m）璃殿，十一世紀所作。曼荼羅一般以繪畫形式表現，此板雕曼荼羅為旃檀素木，不施色彩。法華曼荼羅係以《妙法蓮華經》作為根本經典，用於祈願、消災、延壽、滅罪等法華經法會時之主尊。一九一四年指定為日本重要文化財。
此曼荼羅周緣有二重邊框，外圈刻飾金剛杵，內圈為四花紋圖案。內部區隔成四段，其中心置寶塔，內有釋迦、多寶二佛並坐，寶塔周圍有二十尊像，包括藥師佛、不空成就佛、寶幢佛及阿彌陀佛，騎象普賢、騎獅文殊等諸菩薩，四隅置四天王立像等，層層環護圍繞，皆以半浮雕技法刻製，雕工精巧。板雕背面附有把手，被視為印佛用。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1414.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yokokuraji Temple Ruriden Hall: Lotus Sutra Mandala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1414.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yokokuraji Temple Ruriden Hall: Lotus Sutra Mandala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1414.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yokokuraji Temple Ruriden Hall: Lotus Sutra Mandala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1414).
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