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Yochiin Temple: Medicine Buddha and the Twelve Yaksa Generals

Ink and color on silk

藥師佛及十二神將像

日本

圖中央主尊藥師佛右手上舉,手指微屈,左手持藥壺置於腹前,結跏趺坐於華麗的吉祥座上。身著袈裟,身後帶頭光、身光。上方懸垂多角形華蓋,蓋頂置寶珠,周緣翹起,垂掛珠串。佛前方為日光、月光二脇侍菩薩,佛兩側各配置六尊神像,左右對稱。二脇侍菩薩皆戴寶冠,一手持長莖蓮花,另一手垂下,掌心向下,立於二蓮台上。十二神將皆現忿怒相,雙目圓睜,或睨視,或直瞪,表情豐富。身軀健碩,動作誇張。戴頭盔或逆髮直豎,著鎧甲或戰袍,披帔帛或披風,手持戟、握刀、或拉弓箭等器物,作武人裝扮。一八九七年指定為日本重要文化財。
 此圖色彩以朱、橙、綠、青為主,色調明快,不用碎金,少用金色顏料,可看出日本南都(今奈良)佛畫特徵之端倪。由藥師佛的多重細密衣褶,二菩薩的掌心向下,佛、菩薩相貌堂堂的儀表及十二神將的姿態,而被認為係據奈良時代(710~794)南都之古圖像而作,繪製於十三世紀。一般認為此作品係於鎌倉時代(1185~1333)初期,南都因遭受平重衡將軍火攻的重創,欲回歸奈良時代之傳統的高漲氣氛下所作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 1043.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Yochiin Temple: Medicine Buddha and the Twelve Yaksa Generals." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 1043.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Yochiin Temple: Medicine Buddha and the Twelve Yaksa Generals" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:1043.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Yochiin Temple: Medicine Buddha and the Twelve Yaksa Generals. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 1043).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 1043,
title = {{Yochiin Temple: Medicine Buddha and the Twelve Yaksa Generals}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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