"Otoku Nirvana"

Japanese: 《応徳涅槃図》 - おうとくねはんず
"Otoku Nirvana"

...In painting, it was an essential technique for the decoration of the Fujiwara Buddhist paintings of the Heian period. In the Phoenix Hall door painting, the outlines and folds of the clothes of the Buddha and Bodhisattva are all drawn with kirikane, and in the Ōtoku Nirvana Painting of 1086 (Ōtoku 3), the clothes of Shaka are decorated with kirikane patterns such as Shippo Tsunagi (shippo pattern), Tatewaku pattern, Manji Tsunagi (manji pattern), and Kikukamaru pattern, adding splendor to the painting. Furthermore, in the 1127 (Taiji 2) Toji Five Great Sons and the former Toji Twelve Devas, kirikane patterns show their zenith maturity. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Otoku Nirvana Painting" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…絵画では平安時代の藤原仏画の装飾に欠かせない技法として重用された。鳳凰堂扉絵では,仏菩薩の着衣の輪郭線や衣褶線はすべて截金であらわされ,1086年(応徳3)の《応徳涅槃図》では釈迦の着衣に,七宝つなぎ(七宝文),立涌(たてわく)文,卍つなぎ(卍文),菊花丸文などの截金文様が施され,画面に華麗さを添えている。さらに1127年(大治2)の東寺五大尊像,旧東寺十二天像に至って截金文様は円熟のきわみを示す。…

※「《応徳涅槃図》」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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