warabidegata　蕨手形

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

Short for warabidegata suihotsu 蕨手形垂髪. Strands of hair *suihotsu 垂髪, which hang down both shoulders. The strands are of various lengths, symmetrical on both sides, and curl up at the tips. This style was used (4-6c) on Bodhisattva images in Northern Wei period in China, and on *bosatsu 菩薩 and *ten 天 images created in the Asuka period in Japan. Good examples include the Miroku Bosatsuzou 弥勒菩薩像 in Chuuguuji 中宮寺, and the Kannon Bosastuzou 観音菩薩像 (see *Guze Kannon 救世観音) in Houryuuji *Yumedono 法隆寺夢殿, Nara.

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