{"id":6550,"date":"2024-01-22T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2024-01-16T21:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:43:30","slug":"tenjukoku-shucho-tenjukoku-embroidery-mandala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6550","title":{"rendered":"Tenjukoku Sh\u016bch\u014d (Tenjukoku Embroidery)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18330 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nomurakakejiku.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/%E5%A4%A9%E5%AF%BF%E5%9B%BD%E7%B9%A1%E5%B8%B3-598x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"640\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Tenjukoku Embroidery is the oldest embroidery relic in Japan, created in the 7th century during the Asuka period, and is currently in possession of the Ch&#363;g&#363;-ji Temple in Ikaruga Town, Nara Prefecture.<\/p>\n<p>This craftwork, made by Princess Tachibana no &#332;iratsume, the consort, in mourning for the death of Prince Sh&#333;toku, signifies &ldquo;a hanging scroll depicting the state of Tenjukoku, where Prince Sh&#333;toku was believed to have passed away into the next life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Tenjukoku Embroidery is speculated to represent the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, where Amitabha Buddha resides.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, it was made up of two scrolls, each measuring 2 meters in height and 4 meters in width, connected side by side. However, only fragments remain today, which are framed and measure 88.8 centimeters in height and 82.7 centimeters in width.<\/p>\n<p>The embroidery features inscriptions of four characters each, and it is estimated that the original scroll had 400 characters embroidered on it.<\/p>\n<p>The inscriptions include the following contents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The death of Prince Sh&#333;toku&rsquo;s mother and Prince Sh&#333;toku himself.<\/li>\n<li>An inference from the Prince&rsquo;s words during his lifetime that he would have been reborn in the Tenjukoku.<\/li>\n<li>The wish of Prince Sh&#333;toku&rsquo;s consort, Princess Tachibana no &#332;iratsume, to visually depict the state of that realm, leading to the creation of this piece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Tenjukoku Embroidery plays a significant role in the ancient Buddhist art of Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tenjukoku Embroidery is the oldest embroidery relic in Japan, created in the 7th century during the Asuka period, and is currently in possession of the Ch\u016bg\u016b-ji Temple in Ikaruga Town, Nara Prefecture. This craftwork, made by Princess Tachibana no \u014ciratsume, the consort, in mourning for the death of Prince Sh\u014dtoku, signifies &#8220;a hanging scroll depicting the state of Tenjukoku, where Prince Sh\u014dtoku was believed to have passed away into the next life.&#8221; The Tenjukoku Embroidery is speculated to represent the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, where Amitabha Buddha resides. Originally, it was made up of two scrolls, each measuring 2 meters in height and 4 meters in width, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan-art-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dd8a03d9d245e610d84529b3a66b5e12.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}