shiyuisou　思惟相

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

Also shiis. Lit. Meditative posture. A position used in Buddhist images to symbolize thinking, where the fingers of the right hand lightly touch the right cheek. Shiyuisou is used on *Miroku 弥勒 figures of the Asuka and Hakuhou periods (6-7c). Often this hand position is used together with the half-cross-legged posture *hanka fuza 半跏趺座. A good example is the Miroku statue (wood, Asuka period) in Chuuguuji 中宮寺, Nara.

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