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Kamatari 鎌足 | ||||||
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The subject
of a number of paintings in the possession of Danzan Jinja 談山神社 on Tounomine
多武峯 in Nara. Kamatari is a deity derived from Fujiwara no Kamatari 藤原鎌足
(614-69) who was originally of the Nakatomi 中臣 clan, and the first to bear
the surname Fujiwara. The Danzan Jinja paintings show Kamatari in court
dress and some include his son Fuhito 不比等 (659-720) and his adopted son,
a monk who is thought to have been the founder of Danzan Myourakuji 談山妙楽寺 (see
below). Kamatari was linked with *Yuima
維摩 and a ceremony at Koufukuji 興福寺 in Nara, reenacted the debate between Yuima and *Monju 文殊 which was written
in the sutra YUIMAGYOU 維摩経. Kamatari was also identified as Kinzoku
nyorai 金粟如来, a previous incarnation of Yuima, and his sons were associated
with Monju and *Fugen 普賢. Thus
some paintings show Kamatari and his sons with these Buddhist counterparts
*honjibutsu 本地仏.
Fujiwara no Kamatari played a major role in government as a powerful advisor
to and later minister in the regime of Emperor Tenji 天智 (627-71). His son
Fuhito and grandsons further strengthened the family's position, and particularly
the northern house, Hokke 北家 became dominant in politics during the 10
and 11c, see *Fujiwara
jidai 藤原時代. The main Fujiwara temple in Nara, Koufukuji was considered
a successor of Kamatari's personal temple, Yamashinadera 山階寺, and certain
images and ceremonies at Koufukuji, were linked to Kamatari. |
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