Medicine Master Buddha
by Carlos Diaz
Title
Medicine Master Buddha
Artist
Carlos Diaz
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Medicine Master Buddha (Yakushi Nyorai) - Remastered by Carlos Diaz
Japan, Heian period
(794–1185)
Gift of Takako Setsu and her son Iwao in memory of her husband Inosuke Setsu and his long friendship with Sherman E. Lee
This figure is depicted with a mudra, or hand gesture, that means "have no fear."
Composed of a number of hollowed-out pieces of wood that were then covered with lacquer and gilding, this sculpture would have served as the principal image of worship in a Buddhist temple hall. The Buddha Yakushi resides in the Lapis Lazuli Paradise of the East, and heals all diseases, including the ailment of ignorance. His left hand once held a medicine jar, while his right hand gestures reassurance. Seated on a lotus pedestal and backed by a mandorla and halo, the Buddha may have once been flanked by the bodhisattvas of the Sun and Moon, Nikkō and Gakkō, and protected by the Twelve Divine Generals, or Junishinshō.
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