shitsushitsuza　瑟々座

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

Lit. gem or precious stone base. The most common base for an image of *Fudou Myouou 不動明王. A type of rock base *iwaza 岩座, it generally consists of polygon-shaped cubes piled up on top of one another with the center as the most narrow section. Although around five to seven cubes are common, the number of the layers is not consistent. The sides of the piled-up sections are usually painted with graded colors in the *ungen 繧繝 manner. The sculpture of Fudou at Touji 東寺 in Kyoto sits on a large wooden shitsushitsuza, and a similar type is often represented in painted images of Fudou. Examples are found in the earliest esoteric paintings of Fudou, such as the 9c Takao Mandara 高尾曼荼羅 at Jingoji 神護寺 in Kyoto and the Sai-in Ryoukai Mandara 西院両界曼荼羅 at Touji, also from the 9c.

REFERENCES:

EXTERNAL LINKS:

NOTES:

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System.　No reproduction or republication without written permission. 掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。