Bodhisattva Kannon Lacquered wooden Statue
- Date
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制作年 AD11
- Title
- モクゾウシッパクカンノンボサツリュウゾウ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Wood
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001267-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Statue Sculpture Human body Artifact Art
Distinctively Heian in style, from the eleventh century it is believed, this wooden statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon, the goddess of mercy, was created as a symbol of the salvation available to mankind through her mercy. According to the Kammuryoju-kyo (the Meditation of the Buddha of Infinite life Sutra), and the Muryoju-kyo (the Buddha of Infinite life Sutra), Kannon lived in the Paradise of the West, together with the Bodhisattva Seishi, serving as one of the attendants of Amida, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land. Kannon’s role in this triad was to assist Amida in bringing the message of salvation to mankind. Pure land (Jodo) teaching in Japan was first propagated by the Tendai sect priest Genshin (942-1017). He was responsible for initiating the great period of worship of the Amida Buddha which flourished from the end of the tenth century right through the eleventh century. Just then, during the pessimism of the so-called ‘decadant dharma’ period (Jap. mappo), the worship of Amida brought hope and the promise of salvation, and inspired the building of numerous temples. The wooden statue here appears to have been part of such an Amida triad, and probably dates to this period. Solemn, graceful and restrained, with a lacquered surface over a wooden base and gold-leaf finish, this splendid image is a wonderful celebration of the faith and adoration which the aristocracy of the time devoted to the Buddha Amida.
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- Title (EN)
- Avalokitesva Lacquered Wooden Statue
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