青銅如来立像

A Bronze Standing Buddha

蝉の鳴き声も聞こえ始め、いよいよ夏の到来が感じられ始めました
暑い日が続きますが、皆様いかがお過ごしでしょうか?

さて、今回ご紹介させて頂きますのは青銅の「如来立像」でございます。

We hope this finds you all well in the heat, as the cacophony of cicadas reaches its crescendo and summer gets fully underway.

Please allow us here to introduce a bronze Chinese sculpture of a standing buddha from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-535).



この変わった形の光背は火焔光背と申します。

火焔光背の一つ一つに動きがあり、本当に燃えているように見えます。

The mandorla is called a kaen kōhai, or "flaming mandorla", which is rare in sculpture of this type. Each individual flame has its own movement, and appears as if actually ablaze.



また、光背の影も一つの作品のようにとても美しいので是非ご高覧くださいませ!!

The shadow projected on the wall behind the piece too, is like a work of art in its own right.



皆様のお越しをお待ちしております。

We hope you will take the time to come by and see the show!