Although there exist both seated statues and standing statues, and statues with a thousand arms actually, generally it has 11 faces and 42 arms (the statue of principal image of Buddha, at Dojo-ji Temple in Wakayama is an exception with 44 arms). |
坐像、立像ともにあり、実際に千本の手を表現した作例もあるが、十一面四十二臂とするものが一般的である(和歌山・道成寺本尊像は例外で、四十四臂に表わす)。 |