Prayer statue - Kinenzo

Japanese: 祈念像 - きねんぞう
Prayer statue - Kinenzo

…A new iconography created in Germany in the early 14th century, depicting the Virgin Mary embracing her child and saying her final farewell before burial, separated from the temporal and spatial relationships of the narrative and made into an independent statue. It is one of the so-called "Andachtsbild" (prayer statues) that appeared in the late Middle Ages, and was made for individuals to pray before in hopes of the salvation of their souls. In Germany, it is called "Vesperbild" (evening prayer statue), which comes from the fact that funeral prayers are offered on the evening of Good Friday. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "prayer statues" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…14世紀初頭にドイツで創出された新しい図像で,埋葬する前にわが子を抱きしめて最後の別れを告げる聖母を,説話の時間的・空間的関係から切り離して独立像に仕立てたもの。中世末期に出現したいわゆる〈アンダハツビルトAndachtsbild(祈念像)〉の一つで,個人が自己の魂の救済を願ってその前で祈ることを目的として作られた。ドイツでは〈フェスパービルトVesperbild(夕べの祈りの像)〉と呼ばれ,これは埋葬の祈りが聖金曜日の夕べにささげられることに由来する。…

※「祈念像」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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