Description
説法印を結ぶ阿弥陀如来を中心に、左側には観音菩薩、右側には勢至菩薩をあらわす阿弥陀三尊。上方には7体の化仏が浮かびます。薄い銅板を型にあて、叩いて造形した押出仏の一つで、木枠に嵌められることから、本来は小型の厨子に納めて信仰されたものと思われます。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
Contents holder/Provider
Aggregator
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026