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Kaikei, Chōkai, and the Sacred Image of Eleven-Headed Kannon at Hasedera

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Morse, Samuel C.·2020·Ars Orientalis

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The sacred image Eleven-Headed Kannon at Hasedera in Nara, originally carved in 727, has long been famous for its power to grant miracles.However, the image itself has had a rather calamitous history.By the start of the thirteenth century it had been destroyed three times by fire, and it burned again in 1219.Kaikei, one of the leading sculptors of the Kei school, was immediately commissioned to replace the statue.How was he able to transfer the numinous qualities of the lost original to the new image?How were those qualities instilled in other copies as the Hasedera cult spread across Japan?At a time when individual artists were increasingly aware of their own agency, how did they resolve the dilemma posed by replicating a sacred prototype?This paper focuses on the 1219 replacement by Kaikei (which burned in 1283), and a copy of that image by his disciple Chōkai, to examine the practice of copying sacred images in Japan.

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    The Hasedera Eleven-Headed Kannon was the first monumental Buddhist image made of wood.

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Authors
Morse, S. C.
Corresponding author
Morse, Samuel C.
Venue
Ars Orientalis
Published
2020-10-22
Volume
50
Issue
20220203
ISSN
  • 0571-1371 (ISSN-L)
  • 2328-1286
OpenAlex
W3125213424
Cited by
1
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0
Citations by year
2022: 1
FWCI
1.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Ars Orientalis (publishedVersion)
  • University of Michigan Library Repository (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Japanese History and Culture
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Historical Art and Architecture Studies
Keywords
Buddhist sculpture, artist agency, Buddhist cults, Nara period

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Morse, S. C. (2020). Kaikei, Chōkai, and the Sacred Image of Eleven-Headed Kannon at Hasedera. Ars Orientalis. https://doi.org/10.3998/ars.13441566.0050.014