『過去現在因果経』 断簡|“The Historical Buddha Preaching,” a section from The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai inga kyō emaki)
The Met
Artist: Unidentified artist
Date: mid-8th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 1/8 × 10 3/4 in. (25.7 × 27.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 49 3/16 × 16 3/4 in. (125 × 42.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 49 3/16 × 17 13/16 in. (125 × 45.3 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Vincent Astor Foundation and Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gifts, 2016
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A central figure on a lotus base, surrounded by smaller figures, with trees, rocks, and text
Detailed Description
The image depicts a painted scene on a light, off-white background, framed by a narrow, patterned border. The composition is divided, with a pictorial scene occupying the upper left and a block of vertical text filling the lower right.In the pictorial scene, a large, central figure with a yellow body, red robe, and an orange halo sits on a green lotus-petal base. This figure faces right, with hands in a gesture. To the left of this central figure, three smaller figures are seated on the ground. Two wear brown and orange robes, while the third, smaller figure wears a red robe and kneels. To the right of the central figure, four more figures are seated. Two wear yellow robes and two wear red or brown robes. All the smaller figures appear to be facing the central figure, some with hands clasped in front.The background of the pictorial scene includes two small, sparse green trees with brown trunks, one on the far left and another behind the central figure. On the far right, a large, multi-peaked rock formation rises, rendered in shades of light blue, brown, and grey. The ground beneath the figures is a light brown with scattered green tufts.The right half and bottom portion of the image are filled with vertical columns of black calligraphic text. The text reads:是時此類婆羅又自思惟若以情應識果報者便為常合不應離絕者不為常合是則為斷餘時世尊知情心念識即不常不言此以故不常不斷離斷故不常如緣花地水種子既謝不得名常生芽葉故不得名中三事曰緣亦復如是
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