Title Dark Blue Eyes

  • Kanagawa
Topic(s):
Shrines/Temples/Churches
Medium/Media of Use:
Pamphlet
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Kotoku-in
Associated Address:
4-2-28 Hase, Kamakura-shi , Kanagawa

真青眼相

鎌倉大仏の眼はあたかも崇拝者を哀れむかのように曲げられています。これは、顔の正面とほぼ垂直に眼を彫り込むことによって達成される効果です。


Dark Blue Eyes


The Great Buddha’s eyes seem to gaze down compassionately on the worshipper, an effect achieved through the shaping of the upper eyelids so as to be almost perpendicular to the gently inclining face.


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