佛像网

尺寸：H 74.5 cm, W 44.9 cm
年代：12世纪
质地：挂轴；绢本设色
风格：日本
来源：奈良国立博物馆
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Fukūkensaku Kannon (Avalokiteśvara), (Known as the Nan'endō Mandara)

The name of the bodhisattva Amoghapāśa, who is an esoteric emanation of Kannon (Skt. Avalokiteśvara), means “Lokeśvara with the Unfailing Snare.” (Lokeśvara is a common variant name for the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Kannon in Japan.) Such similarities as the attributes held in the hands of this eight-armed form of the deity and the pointed lobes of the mandorla’s shape that resemble the ends of swords indicate that this painting copies the Fukūkensaku statue enshrined as the principal object of worship in the Nan’endō at Kōfukuji Temple. This is thought to be the oldest extant painting of the icon and the Four Guardian Kings enshrined alongside it.

Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.332, no.210.

不空羂索观音（Avalokiteśvara）——（称“南圆堂曼荼罗”）

不空羂索观音为观音之密教化化身，其名意为“以不空之羂索济度众生的观音”。本图八臂所持法器及光背剑形尖端等特征，均表明其为摹写兴福寺南圆堂本尊不空羂索观音像之作。此图被认为是现存最古老的不空羂索观音与四天王共绘之画像。

——《佛教美术 paradise：奈良国立博物馆珍宝展》，奈良国立博物馆，2021年7月，第332页，第210号