Buddhist Figures and Their Attributes (Zōho shoshū Butsuzō zui 増補諸宗佛像図彙) : [volume 3]

Kino, Shūshin‏ · 1783 · Edo : Morie, Sashichi (Chōkoku-ji), 森江佐七(長谷寺) · 18 pictures

Zōho shoshū Butsuzō zui volume 3 is a Japanese woodblock-printed reference compiled by Kino Shūshin and published in Edo in 1783 by Morie Sashichi of Chōkoku-ji, aimed at Buddhist artists and readers of religious iconography. Its pages are dense grids of seated and standing deities, guardians and astral figures, each drawn in fine black outline with small annotations beside them, so a designer could draw on the compact, repeatable poses, halo and lotus-base conventions, and the strict visual logic of ritual attributes.

Buddhist art and symbolism

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