Facilitating Buddhism through Portable Absolution: Miniature Clay Buddha Tablets (塼佛) and Stupas (塼塔) of the Ōtani Collection
This article is a study on the miniature clay Buddha tablets and stupas collected by the Ōtani Expedition presently at the National Museum of Korea. Similar examples were found in the Dunhuang cave temples, Buddhist stupas of Xi Xia, and through English and American expeditions of the early twentiet...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Numen
Year: 2023, Volume: 70, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 286-321 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Gug lib jung ang bag mul gwan
/ Buddhism
/ Clay tablet
/ Stūpas
/ Miniature painting
/ Absolution
/ History 1000-1199
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia TG High Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
miniature clay stupa
B Ōtani Kōzui B Pratītyasamutpāda-gāthā (ye dharmā) B miniature clay Buddha tablet B National Museum of Korea |
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| Summary: | This article is a study on the miniature clay Buddha tablets and stupas collected by the Ōtani Expedition presently at the National Museum of Korea. Similar examples were found in the Dunhuang cave temples, Buddhist stupas of Xi Xia, and through English and American expeditions of the early twentieth century. A comparative study establishes the functions and characteristics unique to the Ōtani clay tablets and stupas. Such artifacts were once believed to absolve the transgressions of the dead or commissioner, while also allowing one to accumulate merits for an improved afterlife. Well-suited for Buddhist missionary work, these tablets and stupas were produced in all regions where Buddhism was prevalent. Though small and made from a modest material, the miniature clay tablets and stupas represent an important genre of Buddhist art that expresses the universal role of religious art. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-20231694 |