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尺寸：188.6 x 72.4 x 57.4 cm
年代：12-13世纪 镰仓时代
质地：木雕
风格：日本
参阅：外部链接
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
鉴赏：
地藏菩萨现比丘相，头形光圆，天庭饱满，地阁方圆，双目微垂、神态安详，法相端庄。身着僧袍，右手持六环锡杖，左手托莲花宝珠。僧袍优美流畅、衣褶呈水波纹层层涟漪，自然而下，其底座为束腰仰覆式莲座，莲瓣苗条饱满，制作精美。地藏菩萨的这双鞋也与众不同，比较少见。此像距今八百多年，镀金虽有脱落，但整体保存完好，连极易损坏的纤细手指竟也保存的完整如初，十分难得。整尊造像雄健威武、慈悲庄严；圆圆的头形，饱满的脸庞，刚毅的表情、宽厚的胸肌，凸显地藏王菩萨的慈悲与力量。形象的表现了地藏王菩萨“安忍不动，犹如大地，静虑深密，犹如秘藏”的无上内涵；同时也能深深感受到地藏王菩萨“明珠照亮天堂路，锡杖振开地狱门”的慈悲大愿与无上威德之力。

The bodhisattva who relieves those suffering in hell, Jizō Bosatsu (Sanskrit: Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha) attends Amida Buddha as he delivers the pious to the Western Paradise and answers the prayers of all living beings. He is represented here in his usual attitude, with a shaved head and wearing the robes of a Buddhist monk. His right hand grasps a staff (shakujō), which he shakes to awaken humans from their delusions; his left hand most likely held a wish-granting jewel (hōju no tama), signifying the bestowal of blessings. An inscription on the interior of the figure identifies this as a work by Kaikei, one of the two leading sculptors of the early Kamakura period.