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Fudo from Museum Collections 不動明王

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Los Angeles County Museum



A hibitsu or “secret Buddha” is a temple statue, not necessarily of the Buddha, that is shown rarely or not at all. Cultures around the globe have religious art intended to be displayed on special occasions.
Japan takes this universal idea to chronological extremes. Some hibitsu are shown only every 7 years, or 33 years, 0r 60 years. In a few cases they have been made with the intention of never being displayed at all. LACMA’s new Fudo Myoo: The Indomitable Foe of Evil (about 1125), a gift of Irene Christopher, Scott M. Delman, and the 2012 Collectors Committee may be one of these rarely-seen objects.

source : blogs.artinfo.com/lacmonfire


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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York




The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This statue of "Fudo Myoo," from Japan's Kamakura period (1185-1333),
is part of the exhibit "Masterpieces of the Mary Briggs Burke Collection,"
opening at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Tuesday. The exhibit showcases the biggest and most comprehensive private collection of Japanese art outside Japan.

source : www.tribuneindia.com, March 2000

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MOA - Museum of Art - Atami
静岡県熱海市桃山町26-2　/ 26-2 Momoyama Atami Shizuoka

不動明王二童子像
Fudo Myo-o (Acalanatha) and Two Attendants



This is a rare picture because besides the two child attendants who usually accompany him, Fudō-myō-ō is trampling down two figures under his feet. In this work, details of the furious face of Myō-ō and the pattern of the garments are superbly expressed and the well-proportioned composition shows the grandeur of Buddhist art.

不動・降三世同躰説に基づいて、足下に大自在天と大自在天妃を踏まえ、左斜めを見下ろす異形となっている。右手に三鈷柄剣、左手に羂索をとる姿は通例であるが、片目をつぶる天地眼ではなく両目を大きく開け、また上歯で下唇を噛む形相は古様のものである。脇に立つ矜羯羅と制た迦の二童子は、鎌倉時代の彫像と同様の、動きのある姿態で描かれている。構図が大ぶりで不動の威容が堂々としており、図像的特色とともに注目すべき作例である。
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Tokyo National Museum　東京国立博物館



Standing Fudo Myo-o　(Acalanatha)　Heian Period

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. - Join Fudo Myo-O on facebook - Fudō Myō-ō .

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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