Eka - Drawing

…The most revered sacred place of Kannon is Mount Putuo in the Zhoushan Archipelago in Zhejiang Province, which is considered one of the three major Buddhist training centers in the country, along with Mount Wutai in Shanxi Province, which enshrines Manjusri, and Mount Emei in Sichuan Province, which enshrines Samantabhadra. Mount Putuo, which was especially revered by maritime merchants and fishermen, is said to have been founded by the Japanese monk Huige, who traveled to China. Tours of the sacred places of Kannon from Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province through Ningbo to Mount Putuo became popular, and the scene was often depicted in paintings. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Hikasa" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…観音の霊場として最も崇信されたのは，浙江省舟山列島の普陀山で，文殊をまつる山西省の五台山，普賢をまつる四川省の峨嵋山とともに，天下の三大仏教道場とされた。とくに海上商人や漁師の信仰をうけたこの普陀山の開基は，日本の入唐僧の慧萼と伝えられている。浙江省の紹興から寧波（ニンポー）を通って普陀山にいたる観音霊場まわりが流行し，その場面が絵画に描かれたりした。…

※「慧萼」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。

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