{"id":1452,"date":"2018-07-28T02:38:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2020-07-20T03:58:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T08:58:40","slug":"thirteen-buddhist-deities-of-japan-exploring-their-origins-roles-in-japanese-death-rites-funerary-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=1452","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen Buddhist Deities of Japan — Exploring Their Origins & Roles in Japanese Death Rites & Funerary Art. Over 70 annotated photos, copious reference notes, 84 slides. July 2018."},"content":{"rendered":"

Jump directly to the Condensed Visual Classroom Guide to Japan’s Thirteen Buddhist Deities.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>The Thirteen Buddhist Deities (J\u016bsanbutsu \u5341\u4e09\u4ecf) are a purely Japanese convention. The standardized group of thirteen emerged in the mid-14th century, but in its formative years (12th & 13th centuries), the group’s composition varied significantly and included only ten, eleven, or twelve members. The group is important to all schools of Japanese Buddhism. Even today, the thirteen are invoked at thirteen postmortem rites held by the living for the dead, and at thirteen premortem rites held by the living for the living. As shown herein, the thirteen are associated with the Seven Seventh-Day Rites \u4e03\u4e03\u658e, the Six Realms of Karmic Rebirth \u516d\u9053, the Buddhas of the Ten Days of Fasting \u5341\u658e\u65e5\u4ecf, the Ten Kings of Hell \u5341\u738b, the Secret Buddhas of the Thirty Days of the Month \u4e09\u5341\u65e5\u79d8\u4ecf, and other groupings. The Thirteen provide early examples of Japan’s medieval honji-suijaku \u672c\u5730\u5782\u8ff9 paradigm, wherein local deities (suijaku) are recognized as avatars of the Buddhist deities (honji). This classroom guide is unique in three ways: (1)\u00a0it presents over 70 annotated images,\u00a0arranged chronologically and thematically, from the 12th to 20th century; (2) it offers four methods to easily identify the individual deities; and (3) it provides visual evidence that the thirteen are configured to mimic the layout of the central court of the Womb World Mandala \u4e2d\u53f0\u516b\u8449\u9662.\u00a0\u2588<\/span>\u00a0KEYWORDS. \u5341\u4e09\u4ecf or \u5341\u4e09\u4f5b\u30fb\u5341\u738b\u30fb\u4e03\u4e03\u658e\u30fb\u4e03\u4e03\u65e5\u30fb\u4e2d\u6709\u30fb\u4e2d\u9670\u30fb\u516d\u9f4b\u65e5\u30fb\u516d\u9053 \u30fb\u5341\u658e\u65e5\u4ecf\u30fb\u4e09\u5341\u65e5\u79d8\u4ecf\u30fb\u672c\u5730\u5782\u8ff9 \u30fb\u5175\u7bc4\u8a18\u30fb\u4e2d\u6709\u8a18\u30fb \u9810\u4fee\u5341\u738b\u751f\u4e03\u7d4c \u30fb\u5730\u8535\u5341\u738b\u7d4c \u30fb\u4f5b\u8aac\u5730\u85cf\u83e9\u85a9\u767c\u5fc3\u56e0\u7e01\u5341\u738b\u7d93\u30fb\u5f18\u6cd5\u5927\u5e2b\u9006\u4fee\u65e5\u8a18\u4e8b \u30fb\u4e0b\u5b66\u96c6.\u00a0\u2588\u00a0<\/span>An Adobe PDF version (printable, searchable)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is also available for download.<\/p>\n

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Condensed Visual Classroom Guide to Japan’s Thirteen Buddhist Deities<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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