#nanendo

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A sculpted image of the monk Genpin (玄賓) (734-818) crafted by the Buddhist artist Kōkei (康慶) and his crew in the late 12th century at the Nan'endō Hall (南円堂) of Kōfukuji Temple (興福寺) in Nara

Image from "運慶と鎌倉彫刻 (日本の美術12)" [Unkei and Kamakura Sculpture (The Arts of Japan 12] by 水野敬三郎 [Mizuno Keisaburō], published by 小学館 [Shōgakukan], 1972, color plate 13

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Nan’en-do, Kofuku-ji

Nara, Japan

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A sculpted image of the monk Jōtō (常騰) (740-815), one of the six patriarchs credited with establishing the Hossō school of Buddhism, the East Asian tradition of Yogācāra or “Consciousness Only,” in Japan

Crafted by the Buddhist artist Kōkei (康慶) in 1189 as part of the larger rebuilding of Kōfukuji Temple (興福寺) in Nara after damage sustained during the recent Genpei War and usually enshrined within the Nan’endō Hall (南円堂) of the temple but here on loan for a special exhibit at the Fukushima Prefectural Museum in Aizuwakamatsu in 2019

Photo from the official Twitter account of the Kōfukuji to Aizuten Jikkō Iinkai (興福寺と会津展実行委員会), August 12, 2019

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A view of the Nan’endō Hall (南円堂) on the grounds of Kōfukuji Temple (興福寺) in Nara, originally built in 813 by the aristocratic statesman & poet Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu (藤原冬嗣) (775-826) for the sake of his father’s postmortem well-being, with the current structure dating to the hall’s fourth rebuilding in 1789

Image from a booklet acquired at the temple February 6, 1994, page 47

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Fukūkenjaku Kannon Bodhisattva (不空羂索観音菩薩), “Kannon with the Surefire Lasso”: the principal image of the Nan’endō Hall (南円堂) on the grounds of Kōfukuji Temple (興福寺) in Nara, a wooden joined-block sculpture with crystal eyes crafted in 1189 over a period of 15 months by the artist Kōkei (康慶) and his disciples

Image from a booklet acquired at the temple February 6, 1994, page 48

[artschoolglasses]

Nan’en-do, Kofuku-ji

Nara, Japan

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Nan’en-do, Kofuku-ji

Nara, Japan

[artschoolglasses]

Nan’en-do, Kofuku-ji

Nara, Japan