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Illustrated Manuscripts of the Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra (detail)

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Illustrated Manuscripts of the Lotus Sutra - Introductory Chapter (detail)

一字蓮台法華經卷

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日本平安時代(794~1185)後期由於佛教末法思想廣泛流傳,人們祈求往生極樂,因而盛行供養寺院和舉行佛教活動。尤其在抄經方面,出現各式各樣的裝飾經。將經文一字作為一佛,以一字一蓮台的方式於施加彩色的蓮台上書寫《妙法蓮華經》經文,或以一字一佛的方式在經文行間描繪佛像,可說是將中國唐代(618~907)僧詳撰《法華傳記》中所說的「法華文字一一皆是佛也」之思想具體化。存世作品有多種,均繪製於十一至十二世紀,其中奈良大和文華館藏本及福島龍興寺藏本皆於一九五二年指定為日本國寶,香川善通寺藏本則於一九五三年指定為日本國寶。
 圖中奈良大和文華館藏本的法華經普賢勸發品卷首圖,以濃厚的色彩與和風畫的手法描繪法師在屋內誦經,為人加持。此卷由十張紙黏接而成,墨書於銀格色紙中,一行十二字,每字書寫於彩色蓮台上圓相中。於色紙上灑上金、銀箔細粉,天地格施加柳枝櫻花紋樣,具裝飾效果。
 圖中龍興寺藏本,由《法華經》八卷與開經、結經黏接成十卷,缺第六卷。每字皆書寫於彩色蓮花座上,蓮瓣以綠青、群青、丹、金泥、銀泥和黃泥彩繪而成。圖中善通寺藏本的一字一佛法華經序品,由四十二張紙黏接成一卷,一紙二十行,一行十字,筆觸精妙,書寫於方格中;經文行間為圓相內彩繪佛坐像,與經文同數。此卷書風、敷彩保存完好。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 369.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscripts of the Lotus Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 369.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscripts of the Lotus Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:369.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscripts of the Lotus Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 369).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 369,
title = {{Illustrated Manuscripts of the Lotus Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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