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kamachiza 框座 | ||||||
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Lit.
frame base. The pieces of wood used around a window used to denote the lowest
horizontal section of the dais for a Buddhist image *daiza
台座. Most kamachiza are made of more than one layer and can be divided
into the uwagamachi 上框 (upper kamachi), and the shitagamachi
下框 (lower kamachi). Between these two levels there is often a stair-riser
*keage 蹴上, a section
that is inserted between the two projecting platforms. The lotus-pedestal
*rengeza 蓮華座 of the Amida Nyoraizou 阿弥陀如来像 at Byoudouin *Hououdou 平等院鳳凰堂 (1053) in Kyoto includes an example
of a multi-layer kamachiza. As in the Byoudouin base, many kamachiza
are octagonal, but they may be square kakugamachi 角框, hexagonal or
round marugamachi 丸框. The term *mentori
面取 is used when the edges are beveled. When the corners are rounded, it
is called irisumi 入角. An *irisumi
marugamachi 入角丸框 is almost round with small indentations around
the edge. An example is found in the base of the Nyoirin Kannonzou 如意輪観音像 (9c) at Kanshinji 観心寺 in Osaka. In a rectangular pedestal shaped like
the character 'sen' 宣, *senjiza
宣字座, the upper and lower kamachi are two larger platforms separated
by a smaller rectangular box called koshi 腰. |
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