Kofuku-ji Temple Mandala picture' in the Kyoto National Museum (from the end of the Heian period to the beginning of the Kamakura period, important cultural property) shows that each two statues of Hachibushu were placed at the right and left in the front and rear of the principal image respectively. 京都国立博物館蔵の「興福寺曼荼羅図」(平安末~鎌倉初期、重文)を見ると、八部衆像は本尊の左右前方と後方に各2体ずつ安置されていたことがわかる。 |