RT Article
T1 Hōnen's Senchaku Doctrine and His Artistic Agenda
JF Japanese journal of religious studies
VO 31
IS 1
SP 3
OP 27
A1 Kanda, Fusae
LA English
PB Nanzan Institute
YR 2004
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1703159268
AB As the founder of the Pure Land School, Hōnen (1133-1212) had a profound impact on the doctrines of the medieval period. His teachings on the exclusive selection of invocational nenbutsu generated a new doctrinal matrix with far-reaching social and theological implications. Less well understood is the relation between Hōnen and the visual images of Pure Land Buddhism. A fresh examination of Hōnen's writings illuminates the monk's novel interpretation of a key soteriological icon: the paintings of Amida's welcoming descent with his celestial assembly. Special attention is given to the Gōshō mandara and its role both as a manifestation of Hōnen's doctrines and as a prototype for later paintings of Amida's welcoming descent with twenty-five bodhisattvas.
K1 Art genres and movements
K1 Bodhisattva
K1 Images
K1 Meditation
K1 Painting
K1 Prayer
K1 Rebirth
K1 Religious Studies
K1 Vows