Hibutsu
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History
Whilst the practice of concealing important religious artefacts within Script error: No such module "Lang". or behind curtains dates to the Heian period, the Script error: No such module "Lang". came slightly later. It is possible that the original practice was based on the Shinto concept of Script error: No such module "Nihongo". without physical form,[4] however a document from Kōryū-ji indicates that it began at that temple with the concealment of a statue of Kannon imported from Silla in 616. The earliest record of an actual Script error: No such module "Lang". dates from 1106, when sources indicate the Amida statues at Zenkō-ji were briefly put on display. By the Edo period Script error: No such module "Lang". had become a popular concept in Japanese Buddhism, and during this time kaichō ceremonies became major public events, drawing crowds of thousands.[3] Art historian Shiro Ito notes that Script error: No such module "Lang". are a uniquely Japanese phenomenon; other Buddhist cultures do not have any equivalent practice.[2]
The concealment of Script error: No such module "Lang". is intended to emphasise their potency and transcendence.[5] It may also serve to protect them from pollution by the impure influences of the mundane world,[3] or to preserve the personal privacy of these "living" embodiments of Buddhism.[2]
Liza Dalby's novel Hidden Buddhas is based on the concept of Script error: No such module "Lang"..[6]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."国宝 如意輪観音坐像". Cultural Properties of Kawachinagano (in Japanese). Kawachinagano City. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Suzuki, Michitaka. "Hibutsu (Hidden Buddha): Living Images in Japan and the Orthodox Icons" (PDF). University of Okayama. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rambelli, Fabio (Autumn 2002). "Secret Buddhas: The Limits of Buddhist Representation". Monumenta Nipponica. 57 (3): 271–307. JSTOR 3096768.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Herbert Plutschow (5 November 2013). Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan: With a Selection from P.G. O'Neill's Photographic Archive of Matsuri. Routledge. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-134-24698-4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bernhard Scheid; Mark Teeuwen (4 July 2013). The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion. Routledge. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-134-16874-3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sato, Hiroaki (6 June 2010). "Chaos will reign if hidden Buddhas die". Japan Times. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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