...After applying the colors, the outlines are shaded and the highlights are painted in bright white to express the roundness and subtle contours of the body. The subjects can be broadly divided into statues of Buddhas and bodhisattvas, and narrative paintings such as Jataka tales, biographies of Buddha, and allegorical tales, with the majority being narrative paintings. The ceilings are also decorated with decorative patterns, mainly of plants and animals. From [Narrative Literature]...However, the format of including many stories within a so-called frame tale, as seen in The Thousand and One Nights and The Decameron, is said to have originated in India. The famous Buddhist narrative literature Jataka (tales of life) and Avadana (parables) are Buddhist versions of folk tales of the time, and many stories with the same content can be found in Brahmanic story collections. The Sanskrit story collection Panchatantra is the most important work in terms of the exchange of Eastern and Western narrative literature, and although the original has been lost and both the author and the date are unknown, numerous copies have been produced and many variant versions have been handed down.... From the Biography of Buddha…In China, they are also called the Bengyō-kyōhen (Bengyō-kyōhen). Together with the Honshō-zu (Honjō-zu), which is a pictorial depiction of the story of Shakyamuni's previous life, the avadāna (Hyū-nari) (Story of Allegory) (which is based on the past and present stories of Buddhist disciples and devout believers), and the Henshō-zu (Mahayāna-kyōhen), which illustrates the contents of Mahāyāna Buddhist scriptures, they constitute a group of Buddhist narrative illustrations. They began to be depicted on the lintels and gates of stupas in India to decorate them with the Honshō-zu (Honjō-zu), and the earliest representative works were those of Bharhut and the First Stupa of Sanchi. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Avadhana" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…そして彩色をほどこしたあと輪郭線にそって隈取りをつけハイライトの部分には明るい白色を用いて,肉体の丸味と微妙な凹凸を表現している。主題は,仏や菩薩などの尊像画と本生譚(ジャータカ),仏伝,譬喩説話(アバダーナ)などの説話画とに大別することができ,説話画が圧倒的に多い。また天井には動植物を主とした装飾文様が描かれている。… 【説話文学】より…しかし《千夜一夜物語》や《デカメロン》などにみられる,いわゆる枠(わく)物語の中に多数の説話を包含する形式は,インドを起源とするといわれる。仏教の説話文学として有名な〈ジャータカ(本生譚)〉や〈アバダーナ(譬喩譚)〉は,当時の民間説話を仏教化したもので,同じ内容をもつ説話はバラモン教系統の説話集にも多く見いだされる。 サンスクリットの説話集《パンチャタントラ》は,東西説話文学交流の上から最も重要な作品で,原本は散逸して作者,年代ともに不明であるが,多数の支本を生じ,多くの異本が伝わっている。… 【仏伝図】より…中国では本行経変(ほんぎようきようへん)ともいう。釈迦の前生の物語の絵画化である本生図,仏弟子や敬虔な信者の過去および現在の物語に取材する譬喩(ひゆ)物語(アバダーナavadāna)図,大乗仏教経典の内容を図示した変相図(大乗経変)とともに,仏教説話図を構成する。インドでストゥーパを荘厳(しようごん)するために欄楯(らんじゆん)や門に本生図とともに表現したことにはじまり,バールフットやサーンチー第1塔のそれが最初期の代表作である。… ※「アバダーナ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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