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Matsumushidera Temple: Seven Medicine Buddhas

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七佛藥師像

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七佛藥師之信仰主要係據中國初唐(618~712)義淨譯的《藥師琉璃光七佛本願功德經》,八世紀上半葉始出現藥師悔過修持法會,平安時代(794~1185)藥師信仰廣泛盛行。該組造像雕刻於十三世紀,中尊佛坐像加上兩側六身立像,構成一組七佛藥師像。現為日本重要文化財。
 七尊像皆由榧木整材雕刻,腳及右手則以另材接合,頭部比例略小。除嘴唇塗上紅色,眉毛及眼睛以墨線勾勒外,皆以素木呈現。為防止乾裂,中尊坐像的頭後、背部等處內刳。
 中尊佛坐像高54.3公分,右手上舉,左手持藥壺置於膝上,結跏趺坐於束腰仰蓮座上。肉髻大,螺髮細密,斂目短鼻,雙唇稍微凸出,雙頰圓潤,表情溫文。著袒右袈裟,領口筆挺,衣褶圓滑,雙膝寬厚具安定感,整體顯得古樸簡實。
 六身佛立像高37.9~39公分不等,造型與中尊坐像相仿,股間的襞褶如「Y」形,乃沿自平安時代早期雕刻之特徵。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 711.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Matsumushidera Temple: Seven Medicine Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 711.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Matsumushidera Temple: Seven Medicine Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:711.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Matsumushidera Temple: Seven Medicine Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 711).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 711,
title = {{Matsumushidera Temple: Seven Medicine Buddhas}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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