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品名（中）	泰玛曼荼罗
品名（英）	Taima Mandala
入馆年号	1914年，14.76.54
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1615 - 公元 1868
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 41 13/16 × 37 13/16 英寸 (106.2 × 96 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 74 1/4 × 45 1/8 英寸 (188.6 × 114.6 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 74 1/4 × 47 9/16 英寸 (188.6 × 120.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	泰玛曼荼罗代表佛陀阿弥陀（梵语：Amitābha）的净土，三面与《关于无限生命佛陀禅修经》（Kanmuryōjukyō）的寓言接壤。这段文字，部分出现在场景之间的边界，叙述了净土学派教学的核心承诺：那些在生前专注于阿弥陀佛并念诵他的名字的人，将在死亡的最后一刻被护送到他的净土，被称为西方天堂。这幅画描绘了一座巨大的宫殿，里面有一个金色的池塘，由阿弥陀和他的随从主持。音乐家、舞者和三十七种不同类型的天体充满了天空和亭台楼阁，围绕着前景中的池塘。出生在净土的人，是从水中生长的莲花蕾中出来的。这些寓言讲述了瓦德希王后的故事，她通过执行阿弥陀向她赠送的十六次冥想在那里出生。底部的场景代表了净土的九个出生层次，从低到高。根据中国唐代的构图，泰玛曼陀罗在奈良时代（710-84）被引入日本，以及关于阿弥陀净土的教义。
介绍（英）	The Taima Mandala represents the Pure Land of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitābha) bordered on three sides by parables from the Sutra on the Meditation on the Buddha of Infinite Life (Kanmuryōjukyō). This text, portions of which appear in the boundaries between scenes, recounts the promise at the core of Pure Land School teaching: that those who concentrate on the Buddha Amida during life, and recite his name, will be escorted to his Pure Land, known as the Western Paradise, at the final moment of death. The painting depicts an enormous palace with a golden pond presided over by Amida and his retinue. Musicians, dancers, and thirty-seven different types of celestial beings fill the skies and pavilions, surrounding the pond in the foreground. Those being born into the Pure Land emerge from lotus buds growing up through the water. The parables tell the story of Queen Vaidehi, who achieved birth there by performing sixteen meditations presented to her by Amida. The scenes along the bottom represent the nine levels of birth in the Pure Land, from lowest to highest. Based on Chinese Tang-dynasty compositions, the Taima Mandala was introduced to Japan in the Nara period (710–84), along with teachings about Amida’s Pure Land.