神圣梵语音节形式的Amida Triad - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	神圣梵语音节形式的Amida Triad
品名（英）	Amida Triad in the Form of Sacred Sanskrit Syllables
入馆年号	1975年，1975.268.22
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1200 - 公元 1299
创作地区
分类	刺绣纺织品（Textiles-Embroidered）
尺寸	图像: 44 7/8 x 15 1/4 英寸 (114 x 38.7 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 65 1/4 x 20 1/2 英寸 (165.7 x 52.1 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 65 1/4 x 22 英寸 (165.7 x 55.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	刺绣佛教图像在六世纪从中国传入日本。大型刺绣在六至九世纪的圣像中很突出，经常挂在寺庙的演讲厅里。在镰仓时代，专注于在阿弥陀佛（梵语：Amitābha）西方天堂获得出生的实践变得普遍，许多像这样的小刺绣是为个人虔诚练习和临终仪式而制作的。代替拟人化图像，本卷轴中使用了阿弥陀、观音（梵语：观世音菩萨）和 Seishi（梵语：Mahasthamaprapta）的梵文音节。针线工用梵文字符中的丝线代替人发，这种做法在奉献者去世后的仪式上使用的卷轴中很常见，当时人们祈祷在阿弥陀佛的净土中安全分娩。刺绣方便地描绘了一个祭坛，上面有鲜花供品和狮子形式的香炉，因此不需要实际的祭坛。顶部的铭文说明，阿弥陀佛的光芒照亮了整个世界，背诵他的名字将确保在前往净土的旅途中不让任何人掉队。
介绍（英）	Embroidered Buddhist images were introduced to Japan from China in the sixth century. Large embroideries were prominent among icons from the sixth through the ninth century and were often hung in temple lecture halls. In the Kamakura period, practices focused on attaining birth in the Buddha Amida’s (Sanskrit: Amitābha) Western Paradise became widespread, and many small embroideries like this one were produced for individual devotional practice and deathbed ritual. In place of anthropomorphic images, the Sanskrit syllables for Amida, Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara), and Seishi (Sanskrit: Mahasthamaprapta) are used in this scroll. The needleworker substituted human hair for silk thread in the Sanskrit characters, a practice common in scrolls used during ceremonies following the death of a devotee, when prayers were offered for safe birth in Amida’s Pure Land. The embroidery conveniently depicts an altar set with offerings of flowers and an incense burner in the form of a lion, so one would not require an actual altar. Inscriptions at the top explain that Amida’s light illuminates the entire world, and that the recitation of his name will ensure that no one is left behind in the journey to his Pure Land.