Head of a Buddha
見られますか？
はい、現在展示中
『Head of a Buddha』は今どこに？ ハーバード美術館群, Gallery 2740, floor 2, Buddhist Art, ケンブリッジ. はい、現在展示中. 確認 2026年9月29日.
一般公開されています。
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- この状態になった日
- 出典
- 美術館
この彫刻について
Crafted for Japanese Buddhist image halls of the Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura (1185–1333) periods, the objects in this case were once part of magnificent architectural and sculptural ensembles intended to render the Western Pure Land of the Buddha Amitabha physically present in our earthly realm. To be reborn in the Western Pure Land guaranteed the attainment of awakening; the splendors of this distant land were evoked with gleaming, gilded sculptures of Amitabha and his heavenly entourage, including bodhisattvas and angel-like apsarases. Icons of Amitabha were further canopied with stylized flower garlands in gilt bronze.
続きを読む
This period saw the rise to prominence of wooden statuary, which came to surpass bronze as the main material for Japanese Buddhist sculptures thereafter. Placed within the magnificent settings of image halls, Buddhist sculptures themselves became increasingly decorative and included the extensive use of brilliant polychromy; cut-gold leaf patterning (called kirikane) in the drapery; and metal adornments for crowns, headdresses, and accessories. Despite the richness of their robes and settings, the idealized facial expressions of the figures are serene and introspective — characteristics that reflect the aesthetic ideals of the statues’ courtly patrons.
ハーバード美術館群
作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- 1954.140
カタログ収録
出典
- ハーバード美術館群
- 画像： ハーバード美術館群 — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
