Mirror with Mount Penglai and Buddhist deity
- Date
-
制作年 AD14
- Title
- ホウライキョウミショウタイ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 銅
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
Mount Penglai (Jap. Horai-san), the island mountain of the immortals according to Chinese legend, is depicted on the back of this mirror, while the reflective surface is decorated with an image of Amitabha. In ancient times, mirrors were more than mere toilet articles. When an image of Buddha or another deity was inscribed, the mirror was called a mishotai, an object of worship, as it was considered to reflect the image of the deity. Inscriptions of Buddhist deities in particular represent the Japanese philosophy of honji suijaku, or Shinto/Buddhist syncretism. Scholars, however, are obliged to re-interpret such practice since mirrors reflecting similar concepts have been discovered in China. In mirror production, a Buddhist image was line-drawn on the reflective side. Later, a similar depiction in low relief was commonly pasted on a simple copper plate, not a mirror, and was worshipped as a kakebotoke, or “deity image on metal or wood.”
Overview
Rights
Depository and ID
Components
OPEN DATADESIGN
Keio Object Hub makes data on cultural objects open and tries designing various experiences using open data.
Details
Identifiers
- Title (EN)
- Mirror with Mount Penglai and Buddhist deity
Physical description
- Weights and quantities
-
Quantity 1面
As a prototype feature, the Keio Object Hub uses AI (machine learning) to generate keywords for searches and filtering.
For the first launch, Google Cloud's Vision API will be used to analyze the images of each object and automatically generate keywords.