Buddhist Figures and Their Attributes (Zōho shoshū Butsuzō zui 増補諸宗佛像図彙) : [volume 5]

Kino, Shūshin‏ · 1783 · Edo : Morie, Sashichi (Chōkoku-ji), 森江佐七(長谷寺) · 32 pictures

Zōho shoshū Butsuzō zui is a volume of Buddhist figure illustrations compiled by Kino Shūshin and published in Edo, Japan, in 1783 by Morie Sashichi for readers of Buddhist art and iconography. Its pages arrange seated and standing monks, patriarchs and bodhisattvas in rows of framed panels, each labelled with a name in Japanese characters and set beside dense explanatory text. A designer could draw on the consistent poses, flowing monastic robes and the strict grid of boxed figures as a model for orderly sequences of characters or portraits.

Buddhist art and symbolism

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