Śākyamuni｜Nara National Museum

Śākyamuni

Bronze
H 26.0
Asuka period (Hakuhō era)　
7th century

H032819

H032819
2016/02/09

H032820
2016/02/09

H032821
2016/02/09

H032822
2016/02/09

H032823
2016/02/09

H032824
2016/02/09

H032825
2016/02/09

H032826
2016/02/09

H032827
2016/02/09

D015296
1996/09/20

A024760
1996/09/20

A020752

A020753

A020754

A020755

A020756

The robe is flared out at the bottom like wings. This image was thought to have modeled after the very similar figure of the Nyorai probably came from China or Korean Peninsula; that was recently found from the inner chamber of the Nyoirin Kannon (Skt. Cintāmaṇicakra) as the principal image in Ishiyama-dera Temple, Shiga Prefecture.

Yasuo Inamoto
Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, p.138, no.157.

Accession Number	1035-0
Category	Sculptures
Bibliography	Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2013, 168p. Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2012, 168p. Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, 160p. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Sculptures. Nara National Museum, 1989, 111p. (Japanese)