Push-out Buddha - Push-out Buddha

Japanese: 押出仏 - おしだしぶつ

One of the techniques for making Buddha statues. Also called "hammered statues." A Buddha statue is half-embossed on a thin copper plate, and many have gold leaf on the surface. The traditional theory was that a concave mold was used for the original model, but in recent years the theory that a convex mold is used to strike the copper plate from above to create a hammered Buddha statue has gained popularity. The "Golden Buddhism Buddha" excavated from Mount Nachi and kept at the Tokyo National Museum, and the "Bronze Nyorai Statue" kept at Shosoin are the prototypes of the extruded Buddha. Relics include the 1000 Buddhas in the "Tamamushi Zushi" kept at Horyu-ji Temple, the "Amida Triad" kept at the same temple, the "Eleven-Headed Kannon Statue" kept at Toshodaiji Temple, and the "Five Amida Statues" donated to Horyu-ji Temple.

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Japanese:

造仏技法の一つ。鎚ちょう (ついちょう) 像ともいう。薄い銅板に仏像を半肉に浮き出させたもので，多くは表面に箔をおいている。従来の説として原型に凹型を用いる技法が認められていたが，近年では反対に凸型を用いて銅板を上部からたたいて仏像を鎚起する技法の説が有力。那智山出土の東京国立博物館蔵『金銅薬師仏』，正倉院蔵『銅如来像』は押出仏の原型。遺品としては法隆寺蔵『玉虫厨子』内の千体仏，同蔵『阿弥陀三尊像』，唐招提寺蔵『十一面観音像』，法隆寺献納宝物の『阿弥陀五尊像』などがある。

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