A Mirror of Japanese Ornament by Dover

Author:Dover
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486132723
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

The Sangatsud is a temple hall whose plan allows for circumambulation of a statue or statues; the purpose of the circumambulation is to encourage meditation on the Lotus Sutra (Hokeky). The Sangatsud, or Hokked (mid-eighth century) at the Tdaiji in Nara is particularly celebrated. Decorations on Buddhist images of this period were particularly rich, and, according to buchi Takemi, the design motifs here are taken from the Buddhist statues of the Shkongjin (also Kongshu), the “Four Guardian Kings” (Shitenn) of the Tdaiji, and Ashura, one of the eight guardians of Buddha, at Kfukuji.27 They include Chinese floral motifs (karakusa; see notes for Plates 20–21) and a combination of hsge (“precious or auspicious flowers,” see notes for Plates 41–46).

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