Bull. Nagoya Univ. Museum No. 20, 35 53, 2004 The Sculpture of Acalanåtha Niched in Kanzanji-temple, Yogo Town, Siga Prefecture DMITA Takaaki Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University Abstract This paper is a report of examination about the sculpture of Acalanåtha niched in Kanzanjitemple, Yogo Town, Siga Prefecture. This sculpture of Acalanåtha do up 8 topknots on the vertex, and probably render 7 knots on the hair which hangs in front of left ear. This figure is very unique, and has very important meaning for the evolution of the image of Acalanåtha in Japan. In this paper, firstly I present basic data of this sculpture (ex. size, structure, condition of conservation), secondly introduce about Kanzanji-temple, and consider about this sculpture from some documents of the history of the Kanzanji-temple regarding with this sculpture (ex. Kanzanji-Engi), finally discuss my opinions about this sculpture and the factar of this evolution of the image of Acalanåtha. 35
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