MemyōBosatsu（Ashvaghosha菩萨）骑马 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	MemyōBosatsu（Ashvaghosha菩萨）骑马
品名（英）	Memyō Bosatsu (Ashvaghosha Bodhisattva) Mounted on a Horse
入馆年号	2019年，2019.418.2
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Unidentified
创作年份	公元 1400 - 公元 1573
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 19 3/4 × 11 3/4 英寸 (50.2 × 29.8 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 62 1/2 × 18 7/16 英寸 (158.8 × 46.9 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 62 1/2 × 19 7/16 英寸 (158.8 × 49.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	菩萨名昭是帝王坐在白马上，一手拿着天平，一手拿着红盘。Memyō是日本对印度出生的Ashvaghosha（约公元80-150年）名字的读法，他不仅是大乘佛教哲学的学者，也是著名的诗人和戏剧家。他的名字字面意思是"马（ashva）的声音（ghosha）或嘶嘶声"，我们可以假设这导致了与马图像学的联系的发展。菩萨的表现方式被认为起源于中国民间宗教中与养蚕相关的民间神灵的描绘。这位神灵后来被日本佛教神灵的万神殿同化，在那里他保护那些参与养蚕和丝绸生产或编织的人，据说为有需要的人提供衣服。
介绍（英）	The Bodhisattva Memyō is represented sitting regally upon a white horse while balancing a scale in one hand and a red disc in the other. Memyō is the Japanese reading of the name of Indian-born Ashvaghosha (circa 80–150 AD), who was not only a scholar of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy, but also a renowned poet and dramatist. His name literally means "the sound (ghosha), or neighing, of a horse (ashva)," which we can assume led to the development of the association with equine iconography. The way of representing the bodhisattva is thought to have originated from depictions of a folk deity associated with sericulture in Chinese folk religion. This deity was later assimilated into the pantheon of Buddhist deities in Japan, where he protects those involved with silkworm raising and the production or weaving of silk, and is said to provide clothing for those in need.