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十六羅漢圖

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每幅畫一羅漢,計十六幅,為中國作品,傳至日本,其中第九尊者是江戶時代(1615~1868)補繪。
 作品每幅高107公分,寬56公分。在第一尊者所坐的岩石隙縫中,有「蔡山李詡」的落款。日本《君台觀左右帳記》中稱「蔡山」為「元人」,然畫史上未見「蔡山李詡」之記載;蔡山或為地名。署名於岩石隙縫,似仍沿襲宋代(960~1279)古風,元代(1271~1368)中期以後較為少見。
 十六羅漢均坐於岩石上,神情、姿態各殊,或讀經,或說法,或昂首注目,或眼觀前方,或斂目如入定。
 人物造型嚴謹,設色沉著,筆墨線條流暢,疏密有致,形象不似貫休畫呈誇張造型的胡貌梵相。羅漢身側既無侍者,又無供養人,身後更無任何背景。
 本套羅漢圖樣和日本高台寺本、妙心寺東海庵本的十六羅漢圖雖不同,然在用筆、氣脈上卻有相似之處,均屬高古細膩的作風,融和了南宋(1127~1279)以來文人畫和職業畫工的優點,為元畫中傑出而珍貴的作品。
 此套每幅均有墨書記載羅漢尊名及住處,應為後人補書。其中奇數幅與偶數幅墨書位置不同,又奇數幅羅漢側身向畫面左側,偶數幅則向右側,據此推測其布置形式當是左右對稱張掛。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 851.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Sixteen Arhats." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 851.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Sixteen Arhats" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:851.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Sixteen Arhats. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 851).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 851,
title = {{Sixteen Arhats}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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