gakuten　楽天

KEY WORD :　art history / iconography

Heavenly musicians. Heavenly beings *hiten 飛天, playing musical instruments, depicted flying around a Buddha figure. Outstanding sculpted examples can be seen attached to the canopies *tengai 天蓋 in Houryuuji *Kondou 法隆寺金堂 (prob c. 1233), Nara, and on the walls of Byoudouin *Hououdou 平等院鳳凰堂 (1053) Kyoto.

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