Sujet
Medicine Master Buddha (Yakushi Nyorai), 1100s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Medicine Master Buddha (Yakushi Nyorai), 1100s. Composed of a number of hollowed-out pieces of wood that were then covered with lacquer and gilding, this sculpture would have served as the principal image of worship in a Buddhist temple hall. The Buddha Yakushi resides in the Lapis Lazuli Paradise of the East, and heals all diseases, including the ailment of ignorance. His left hand once held a medicine jar, while his right hand gestures reassurance. Seated on a lotus pedestal and backed by a mandorla and halo, the Buddha may have once been flanked by the bodhisattvas of the Sun and Moon, Nikko and Gakko, and protected by the Twelve Divine Generals, or Junishinsho.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F93_298
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
78,7Mo (5,1Mo) / 40,0cm x 49,3cm / 4726 x 5820 (300dpi)