著者

金子 啓明

出版者

美学会

雑誌

美学 (ISSN:05200962)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.41, no.1, pp.p27-38, 1990-06

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Kanso (to contemplate and envision) is to bring a particular image to mind and concentrate one's consciouness on it, thereby aiming at acquisition of more profound religious experience. It is one of the important means of self-discipline in Esoteric Buddhism. The painting of Fudo Myoo (Acalanatha) and his Two Boy Attendants, dating from the second half of the eleventh century, and popularly known as the "Ao (Blue-bodied) Fudo, " was produced based upon the "Nineteen Contemplations on Fudo, " a type of Kanso on Fudo Myoo which contains the soul of Esoteric Buddhist thought. The monk in self-discipline facing the Ao Fudo, which is the object of his contemplation at the Kanso, is supposed to master the keynote of Esoteric thought while branding the image on his mind.