Old Lotus Sutra Triad - Furubokke Sanzonbutsu

Japanese: 古法華三尊仏 - ふるぼっけさんぞんぶつ

This stone Buddha statue from the early Nara period was discovered in the mountains of Kohokke in Nishinaga, Kasai City, Hyogo Prefecture. Together with a separately remaining stone roof lid, it constitutes a shrine as the back wall. The shrine originally had double doors at the front, and a triad of statues has been carved into the stone slabs of the back wall. The roof lid is in the old-fashioned irimoya style, with ridgepole trim at both ends of the ridge, and the roof tiles and rafters around the eaves have been carefully crafted. The triad is carved with half-height carvings, with the central statue seated and the attendant attendants on either side standing on lotus thrones, and two lions supporting the lotus thrones above their heads and raising their forelimbs to touch the incense burner in front of the central statue.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

兵庫県加西市西長の古法華山中で見いだされた奈良時代前期の石仏。別に遺存した石造屋蓋とともに奥壁として厨子を構成したもの。厨子はもと正面両開きの扉をつけ，その奥壁の板石に三尊像をきざんだ。屋蓋は古式な入母屋造，大棟の両端に鴟尾（しび）をたて，屋根の瓦棒，軒まわりの垂木型等ていねいに造り出している。三尊像は半肉彫，中尊は倚座し左右の脇侍は蓮華座に立ち，両獅子が頭上にその蓮華座を支え，前肢をあげて中尊前の香炉型にふれようとする。

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