Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus
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The Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus (Chinese: 夷數佛幀; pinyin: Yí shù fó zhēn; Wade–Giles: I2-shu4 fo2-chên1; Japanese: キリスト聖像[1]; rōmaji: Kirisuto Sei-zō; "Sacred Image of Christ"), is a Chinese Southern Song dynasty silk hanging scroll preserved at the Seiunji Temple in Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. It measures 153.5 cm in height, 58.7 cm in width, dates from the 12th to 13th centuries, and depicts a solitary nimbate figure on a dark-brown medieval Chinese silk. According to the Hungarian historian Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, this painting is one of the six documented Chinese Manichaean hanging scrolls from Zhejiang province from the early 12th century, which titled Yishu fo zhen (lit. "Silk Painting of the Buddha [Prophet] Jesus").[note 1][2]
Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus | |
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Chinese: 夷數佛幀, Japanese: キリスト聖像 | |
Artist | Unknown |
Year | 12th to 13th centuries |
Type | Hanging scroll, colours and gold on silk |
Dimensions | 153.5 cm × 58.7 cm (60.4 in × 23.1 in) |
Location | Seiunji Temple, Kōshū |