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    This document summarizes key information about 6th to 8th century Buddhist visual culture in Japan, focusing on three important temples - Horyuji, Yakushiji, and Todaiji. It provides details on important artworks found at Horyuji such as the Shaka Triad and the Amida Triad, and sculptures from Yakushiji such as the Yakushi Triad. It also describes the Great Buddha Hall at Todaiji and artworks housed there such as the protective guardian statues and the Kannon statue. The document traces the development of Buddhist art in Japan from the Asuka period through the Nara period, highlighting artistic influences from China.

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    This document summarizes key information about 6th to 8th century Buddhist visual culture in Japan, focusing on three important temples - Horyuji, Yakushiji, and Todaiji. It provides details on important artworks found at Horyuji such as the Shaka Triad and the Amida Triad, and sculptures from Yakushiji such as the Yakushi Triad. It also describes the Great Buddha Hall at Todaiji and artworks housed there such as the protective guardian statues and the Kannon statue. The document traces the development of Buddhist art in Japan from the Asuka period through the Nara period, highlighting artistic influences from China.

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    Week 2: Buddhist Visual Culture: Horyuji and Yakushiji

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    Week 2

    Buddhist Visual Culture: Horyuji and Yakushiji


    Korea
    Three Kingdoms
    Period
    57 CE-668 CE
    mature Wei // 中国

    Tang
    th
    6 c. //

    7th-10th c. Chang’an
    552-710
    Asuka//Hakuho
    552-645//645-710
    8 Period
    th
    Nara century
    710-794
    Kyoto
    Heian Period
    794-1185
    Horyuji
    Located in Asuka, near Nara

    Yumedono (Hall of Dreams)

    Golden Hall

    5-story Pagoda
    Tori Busshi
    Workshop
    Shaka
    Triad
    By Tori Busshi in 623

    Lost wax casting

    Mature Wei style

    H- 46”

    Golden Hall, Horyuuji

    Asuka, near Nara


    Shaka
    Sakyamuni
    “Fear-not” mudra-
    Distinguishing marks of
    32 Divine MarksBuddha Other features
    Long earlobes Lotus pedestal
    Snail shell curls
    Lotus blossom,
    Cranial protuberance inverted lotus forms
    Wisdom mark on forehead

    Webbed fingers

    Chest like a lion

    Golden torso

    3xs the size of a man


    Shaka Pedestal Drapery
    Detail from Shaka
    Triad
    6 c. China
    th Mature Wei-
    style
    Longmen Caves
    Shaka Triad Bodhisattva
    Mandorla/nimbus

    Detail of Boddhisattva holding pearl.


    Yumedono
    Kannon
    Early 7th c.

    Gilt camphor wood

    H-77.5”
    Kannon
    Golden Hall
    Alter
    Northern
    Guardian
    One of Four Divine
    (Guardian) Kings in
    Golden Hall

    ca. 650

    Wood with paint and gold


    leaf
    Canopy over Shaka
    Triad Wood, paint, gilt bronze ornaments,
    semi-precious stones
    Tableau of the Death of
    Lamenting
    Shaka
    disciples

    North side of 5-
    story Pagoda

    Clay over wood


    and metal
    Amida Triad
    Amida
    Triad
    Wall painting (west wall)

    Pigments on plaster

    ca. 710

    Photo of painting lost in


    Golden Hall fire of 1949
    Kannon
    Bosatsu
    Compassion attribute

    Note: Amida in crown


    Map of Nara
    3 Temples
    indicated in Todaiji
    Red
    Kofukuji

    Yakushiji
    Horyuji
    Located in Asuka, near Nara

    Yumedono (Hall of Dreams)

    Golden Hall

    5-story Pagoda
    Hip-slung pose

    Yakushi Triad
    Location: Yakushiji

    Nara period

    Tang Dynasty Style

    Bronze
    Yakushi
    Detail of Yakushi Triad
    Yakushi
    Pedestal
    Demons in the form of
    foreigners and dragons on
    base of pedestal
    One of the Kofukuji Ten Disciples group
    statues

    Dakkatsu Kanshitsu
    Process of making a hollow dry-lacquer statue with a
    clay mold starter and armature (A,B,C,D).
    Todaiji
    Sangatsudo

    Great Buddha Hall

    Todaiji
    Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden)
    Third Month Hall (Sangatsudo)
    Sangatsudo Alter

    Nara period, First half of 8th c.


    Identify 2 statues:
    Protective Guardian
    Divinity

    F. Kannon
    F. Kannon
    Dry lacquer with gold leaf

    Approx. 12’
    Protective Guardian
    Divinity

    Personal icon of
    Roben

    Clay with
    pigments

    Sangatsudo,
    Daibutsuden
    Left image:
    From a distance
    Today’s hall dates to about 16th c.
    Right image:
    Drawing showing changes to structure over time
    Eye-Opening Ceremony

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