Artworks

Gakkō

Artwork · Anonymous · mid 8th century · statue · Tōdai-ji Temple

The companion of the Nikkō in the Hokkedō, the bodhisattva of moonlight: a clay figure with an outer robe caught at the neck by a lotus ornament, the crown set higher so that the jewel touches only the hair. 1 Mason 2005, p. 89, fig. 110. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.