zazou　坐像

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A Buddhist image which is seated, as opposed to standing *ryuuzou 立像. The most common seated position is *kekka fuza 結跏趺坐, also called the full-lotus posture, a cross-legged position of meditation for a Buddhist image *nyorai 如来 or tathagata. The hanka shiyui 半跏思惟 position, a pose of meditation in which the figure has the right leg crossed over the pendant left leg, is also frequently employed on bodhisattva *bosatsu 菩薩 images. More rarely shown positions include: *kiza 箕坐, where both legs are stretched out to one side; *koki 胡跪 (a kneeling posture); *rinnouza 輪王坐 (seated with one knee raised), among others. Images which have both legs pendant over a throne are called *izou 倚像 and are also regarded as zazou images.

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*zahou 坐法

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