houkan Amida　宝冠阿弥陀

KEY WORD :　art history / iconography

Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with a Jeweled Crown. A typical representation of Buddha *nyorai 如来 usually does not have a crown, but some Amida images are crowned. Typically, an image of Amida with Red Skin *guhari-no-Amida 紅玻璃阿弥陀 wears a crown. The houkan Amida usually sits in the meditation mudra *zenjou-in 禅定印 or more rarely in the preaching mudra *seppou-in 説法印. Well-known examples include the principal image of Amida sanzonzou 阿弥陀三尊像 in Joukoumyouji 浄光明寺, Kanagawa prefecture.

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