Outward-facing couplets near to the offertory box in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿), Manpukiji (萬福寺)

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Outward-facing couplets near to the offertory box in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿), Manpukiji (萬福寺) Liu, Jeffrey; Wan, Ziling

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The outward-facing couplet flanking the alter in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿) in Manpuku-ji Temple (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The couplet on the right side of the offertory box reads "萬德殿中移來一會耆闍崛" (A momentary manifestation of Vulture Peak is relocated to the hall of myriad virtues) (Image 01). Outward-facing couplet on the left side of the offertory box reads "千華臺上現出本身盧遮那" (The truth body of Vairocana Buddha is revealed on the platform of a thousand splendors) (Image 02). They are written by Master Etusan Dōsō 悅山道宗 (1629 -1709), the seventh abbot of Manpuku-ji.

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Title	Outward-facing couplets near to the offertory box in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿), Manpukiji (萬福寺)
Creator	Liu, Jeffrey; Wan, Ziling
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2023-07-25
Description	The outward-facing couplet flanking the alter in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿) in Manpuku-ji Temple (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The couplet on the right side of the offertory box reads "萬德殿中移來一會耆闍崛" (A momentary manifestation of Vulture Peak is relocated to the hall of myriad virtues) (Image 01). Outward-facing couplet on the left side of the offertory box reads "千華臺上現出本身盧遮那" (The truth body of Vairocana Buddha is revealed on the platform of a thousand splendors) (Image 02). They are written by Master Etusan Dōsō 悅山道宗 (1629 -1709), the seventh abbot of Manpuku-ji.
Subject	Manpukuji; Buddhism; Temples; Plaque; Calligraphy
Geographic Location	Uji-shi (Japan); Kyoto (Japan); 34.9138573; 135.8075649
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author affiliations: University of Arizona
Series	Cluster 1.5: Extended Textual Communities
Date Available	2024-01-05
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0438461
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87122
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate; Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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