玉虫厨子絵とその典拠としての『法華経』

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  • タマムシ ズシエ ト ソノ テンキョ ト シテ ノ ホケキョウ
  • The paintings on the Tamamushi Shrine and the Lotus Sutra as its text

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The Tamamushi Shrine (Tamamushi-no-zushi) is an excellent art in woodwork, laquer and metalwork, which has been handed down at Horyu-ji tenple in Nara. This is only a little more two meters in height, and consists of a palace struture at top and a high pedestral. The pedestral is called Shumi-dan that symbolizes Mt Sumeru in the center of the world. Though its date is considered about the 7th century, its first place of installation is still uncertain. The texts concerning its iconography are still now on the discussion. On my opinion, many subjects of its paintings could be found in the first chapter of the Lotus Sutra.

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