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Seikai mandara@΄ŠC™ΦδΆ—…
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One of Three Joudo Mandalas *joudo sanmandara ς“yŽO™ΦδΆ—…. A type of *Amida joudo hansou ˆ’–ν‘ɏς“y•Ο‘Š, depicting a vision of the Pure Land granted by the *Kannon ŠΟ‰Ή of Kiyomizudera ΄…Ž› appearing as an old man, to the monk Seikai ΄ŠC (also read Shoukai, d.1017) in 996. Seikai, who came from Hitachi ν—€ (present-day Ibaraki prefecture), entered the priesthood at Koufukuji ‹»•ŸŽ›, later moving to Choushouji ’΄ΈŽ›, where he died whereby this mandala is sometimes called Choushouji mandara. The Seikai mandara is based on the KANMURYOUJUKYOU ŠΟ–³—ΚŽυŒo and may be considered a transformation scene of the Pure Land *Kangyou hensou ŠΟŒo•Ο‘Š, like the more well-known *Taima mandara “––ƒ™ΦδΆ—…. Although the original painting has been lost, several faithful copies survive. The Seikai mandara (dated to 1726) in Shoukouji ΉŒυŽ›, Kyoto, suggests the original was painted in gold and silver kingindei ‹ΰ‹β“D on indigo-dyed silk. *Amida ˆ’–ν‘Ι is in the center of the field flanked by his attendant bodhisattvas *bosatsu •μŽF, seated on a lotus throne in front of his two-storied palace surrounded by pavilions linked by bridges and a lotus pond in the foreground. The outer surrounding court of this painting has sixteen lotus thrones painted alternately in gold and silver that represent the Sixteen Contemplations juurokkan \˜ZŠΟ from the KANMURYOYJUKYOU. Other later copies are in the collections of Joukakuji ¬ŠoŽ›, Miyagi prefecture and Kushira Joudoji ‹ω—…ς“yŽ›, Nara.
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