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Copper alloy

銅經筒及石外筒

傳日本福岡縣出土

傳日本福岡縣出土。此經筒埋藏於地下,內藏經卷,祈願能遇彌勒佛出世。筒身刻有平安保延七年(1141)紀年銘文及勸募僧定尋法名,故而製作年代明確。一九八一年指定為日本重要文化財。
 經筒銅製,狀似寶塔形,下有平底座,通高41.2公分,直徑8.8公分。圓柱體筒身,表面刻有七層弦紋,筒蓋作盔形,有如華蓋,邊緣外展。蓋頂上立有剎杆,作三層相輪,頂飾寶珠。筒身有出自《妙法蓮華經》卷七〈陀羅尼品〉的普賢菩薩、藥王菩薩、勇施菩薩、持國天、毗沙門天及十羅剎女之線刻圖像,由此可知原收藏經卷應是《法華經》。
 經筒附滑石製外筒,由筒身、筒蓋組成。圓柱體筒身,通高38.6公分,直徑18公分,平底。蓋平頂扁圓,邊緣下折,直徑25.5公分。
 筒身表面除刻鏤「南無妙法蓮華經」之唱題外,亦刻有梵字光明真言、尊勝佛名,顯示平安時代(794~1185)後期信仰之實態。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 326.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Sutra Container." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 326.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Sutra Container" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:326.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Sutra Container. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 326).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 326,
title = {{Sutra Container}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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