yakuko　薬壷

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

A medicine jar, found on the palm of the left hand in figures of *Yakushi 薬師, the Buddha who saves men from ignorance and cures their illnesses. an example is the 9c Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 in Gangouji 元興寺, Nara.

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*jimotsu 持物.

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