Title Wooden Door Paintings

  • Miyagi
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
ZUIGANJI

禅美術では、龍や虎は涅槃を達成した仏教の修行者を表すことが多い。もともとは、1620年から1623年の間に画家の佐久間修理(1581–1658)と長谷川等胤(生没不明)によって制作された3つの木製の扉が本堂の北、南、東の側に設置されていた。この扉はそのうちの一つの複製で、1997年に作られた。

In Zen art, dragons and tigers often represent Buddhist practitioners who have attained nirvana. Originally there were three painted wooden doors on the north, south, and east sides of the main temple building made between 1620 and 1623 by the artists Sakuma Shuri (1581–1658) and Hasegawa Toin (dates unknown). This door is a reproduction of one of those doors and was created in 1997.

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