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品名（中）	泰玛曼荼罗
品名（英）	Taima Mandala
入馆年号	1927年，27.176.2
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1367 - 公元 1392
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 52 1/2 英寸 × 48 英寸 (133.4 × 121.9 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 98 1/4 × 57 7/8 英寸 (249.6 × 147 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 98 1/4 × 60 3/8 英寸 (249.6 × 153.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个太马曼陀罗提供了西方净土的辉煌愿景，一个阿米达主持的天堂，他欢迎所有呼唤他的名字的人来到这里。阿弥陀坐在曼陀罗的中心，两侧是菩提和观音，周围是成群的音乐家、舞者、天体和装饰着珠宝的亭台楼阁。前景下方是一个莲花池，信徒们在其中重生。围绕这一场景的是《沉思经》中的小插曲，这些小插曲教导活着的人如何获得救赎这种类型的曼陀罗是基于唐朝的中国图像，这些图像在奈良时期（710–94）随净土佛教教义一起传播到日本。最早的日本版本是一种八世纪的织锦，大约是现在的曼陀罗的四倍大，是奈良泰马德拉寺的主要崇拜对象。该博物馆的太马曼陀罗曾被供奉在新曾寺，这是一座最初位于京都西部的寺庙。
介绍（英）	This Taima mandala offers a resplendent vision of the Western Pure Land, a paradise over which Amida presides and to which he welcomes all beings who call upon his name. Amida sits enthroned at the center of the mandala, flanked by the bodhisattvas Seishi and Kannon and surrounded by throngs of musicians, dancers, celestial beings, and pavilions adorned with jewels. In the lower foreground is a lotus pond in which the faithful are reborn. Surrounding this scene are vignettes from the Contemplation Sutra that teach the living how to attain salvation. Mandalas of this type are based on Tang-dynasty Chinese images that were transmitted to Japan along with Pure Land Buddhist teachings during the Nara period (710–94). The earliest Japanese version is an eighth-century brocade approximately four times larger than the present mandala, and the primary object of worship at the Taima-dera Temple in Nara. The Museum’s Taima mandala was once worshipped at Shinzenkōji, a temple originally located in western Kyoto.