Indo-Buddha

Japanese: 印仏 - いんぶつ

A type of Buddhist print. Images of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and devas are carved into woodblocks, then printed on paper with ink or vermilion. Usually, many are printed using one block. The size of the block and the printing method differ from that of suributsu. Stupas and stamp Buddhas were popular in China from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, and in Japan they began in the Heian period, with many surviving examples dating back to the Kamakura period. They are based on the belief in offering a thousand Buddhas to the Buddha, which seeks to gain merit by creating many Buddha statues. They are often placed inside the Buddha statue's womb (→ Buddha in the womb) in hopes of gaining merit by creating many Buddhas in the process of creating one.

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Japanese:

仏教版画の一種。仏，菩薩，天部などの尊像を木版に彫り，墨または朱をつけて紙などに押して印刷したもの。1つの版を用いて多数押し並べるのが普通。摺仏とは版の大きさや印刷の方式が異なる。中国で唐末，五代にかけて印塔，印仏が盛行し，日本でも平安時代から始り，鎌倉時代以降の遺品が多い。多数の仏像を造ることによって功徳を得ようとする千体仏供養の信仰に基づくもの。一仏造立のうちに多仏造顕の功徳を求めて，仏像の胎内 (→胎内仏 ) に納入されることが多い。

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