Suzuki's book deserves a prominent place on the bookshelves of scholars and art historians of Japan's early religious experience. 192 pages, including an appendix, list of characters, endnotes, bibliography and index. Medicine Master Buddha: The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan. Photo: Handbook on Viewing Buddhist Statues 234-242.Ĭommonly depicted with medicine jar in left handĪnd forming ”Fear Not” mudra with right hand. For a review of the book by Mark Schumacher, see Impressions, The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America, Number 34, 2013, pp. Most of these Yakushi icons, says scholar Yui Suzuki Hundreds of extant Heian-era Yakushi statues, an exceedingly high number compared to surviving sculptures of other Buddhist deities, attest to his prominence in those days. During the Heian period (794–1185), Yakushi’s cult spread to all regions of Japan, evidenced by an explosive increase in the production of Yakushi images in the ninth and tenth centuries. By the early ninth century, the deity was also called upon to placate vengeful calamity-causing spirits. Originally venerated solely by ruling sovereigns and court elites for their own personal benefits (to cure life-threatening illnesses), Yakushi would later become the central deity in eighth-century rites to ensure the welfare of the entire realm. Concrete evidence of his worship on Japanese soil dates from the late seventh century during the reign of Emperor Tenmu (see below images). The devotional cult of Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha) was one of the first to develop in Japan after Buddhism's introduction to the Japanese archipelago in the mid-sixth century. Who are invoked in memorial services for the departed. One of 13 Deities (Jūsanbutsu) of the Shingon sect Surrounded by Eight Bodhisattva in mandala Manifests in Seven Forms (Shichibutsu Yakushi)
Meaning Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.Ĭommonly shown holding medicine jar in left hand.Ĭommands 12 Warrior Generals (Twelve Yaksa)
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Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō 薬師瑠璃光, Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli Bhaisajya, Bhaiṣajya, Bhaisajyaguru, Bhaiṣajyaguru, Bhaiṣajya-rāja, Bhaisajyaguru-vaiduryaprabha
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