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Illuminating the Sacred Presence of Hasedera’s Eleven-Headed Avalokiteśvara
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| Abstract | The Buddhist mountain-temple of Hasedera (Nara Prefecture) is famous for its miraculous icon, Hase Kannon, a monumental image of Jūichimen Kannon (Sk. Ekādaśamukha, the Eleven-Headed Avalokiteśvara). ...This essay focuses on the origins of the Hase Kannon statue as narrated in Hasedera engi emaki (Illustrated Scrolls of the Accounts of Hasedera) and argues that the creators of the text carefully constructed the sacred aura of the image by highlighting the extraordinary qualities of the material used to make the icon and its stone pedestal. To enhance the sacred nature of the image, the writer(s) used the idea that non-sentient beings could reach enlightenment, and created a story in which the log seems to follow the various steps required before its transformation into a Kannon image. Moreover, the stone pedestal where the icon stands was believed to be connected to real and imaginary Buddhist sacred sites.show more |
| Table of Contents | Introduction Hasedera engi emaki and Engibun Tokudō, the Cursed Log, and the Hase Kannon Conclution |
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| Created Date | 2018.05.07 |
| Modified Date | 2024.05.01 |