Buddhist Figures and Their Attributes [Meiji edition] (Meiji zōho shoshū butsuzō zui 明治増補諸宗佛像図彙)

Kino, Shūshin‏ · 1886 · Kyoto : Fujii, Asajirō (Bunseidō), 藤井浅次郎(文盛堂) · 160 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese reference compendium of Buddhist iconography, compiled by Kino Shūshin and published in Kyoto in 1886 by Fujii Asajirō's Bunseidō press for students and artists of religious imagery. Its woodblock-printed pages arrange seated and standing deities, guardians and attendant figures in grids, each with brief inscriptions naming the figure and listing its attributes, so a designer can study how sacred figures were posed, robed and identified.

Buddhist art and symbolism

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