Amoghapāśa - Fukukensakukannon (English)

Japanese: 不空羂索観音 - ふくうけんさくかんのん（英語表記）Amoghapāśa

One of the six Kannon. One of the statues at Taizokai Mandala Kannon-in Temple. pāśa (lasso) is a trap used for fishing and hunting, and amogha (unempire) means that labor is not in vain, and that one has a great compassion to save all living beings and leave them behind. In Japan, statues were mainly made in the 8th and 9th centuries, and a standing statue made of dry lacquer from the Tenpyo period is preserved in the Hokke-do (Sangatsu-do) of Todai-ji Temple, and there are also remains from around the 9th century at Koryuji Temple and Daian-ji Temple in Nara. It seems that faith in the Acalanatha Kannon was revived in the Kamakura period, and masterpieces such as a seated statue made by Kōkei in 1189 at Kofuku-ji Temple and a masterpiece from Fukuoka Kanzeon-ji Temple remain. The figure is usually made with one face, three eyes, and eight arms. A one-face, six-armed statue was excavated from Mathura in central India, and murals remain in Dunhuang.

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Japanese:

六観音の一つ。胎蔵界曼荼羅観音院の一尊。pāśa（羂索）は漁猟に用いる「わな」で，amogha（不空）は徒労ではないこと，大悲心で衆生を済度して残さないという意味。日本では主として 8～9世紀に造像が行なわれ，東大寺法華堂（三月堂）に天平時代の乾漆造の立像が伝存し，ほかに広隆寺，奈良大安寺などにも 9世紀頃の遺品がある。鎌倉時代には不空羂索観音の信仰が再盛したらしく，興福寺の文治5（1189）年の康慶作の坐像，福岡観世音寺などの名品が遺存する。その姿は普通，1面3目8臂につくられる。中インドのマトゥラより 1面6臂の像が出土し，敦煌にも壁画が残る。

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