Honzon

A Honzon (本尊; lit: "main honored [one]"), or a Gohonzon (ご本尊 or 御本尊), is the main image[1] or main deity[2] of a Japanese Buddhi

Honzon
"Gohonzon" redirects here. For the Nichiren icon, see Great Mandala of Nichiren.
A statue of Amitabha at Shonenji Temple, Takachiho

A Honzon (本尊; lit: "main honored [one]"), or a Gohonzon (ご本尊 or 御本尊), is the main image[1] or main deity[2] of a Japanese Buddhist Temple. It can be a buddha, bodhisattva, or mandala.[3]

After an image is made, the temple holds a ceremony called Buddhābhiṣeka [en; ja] (開眼, Kaigen; lit: opening the eyes). This turns the honzon into a vessel of the deity, and makes it sacred.[4]

A honzon that is a statue is called a Butsuzō (仏像) or Honzonbutsu (本尊仏).[5] Most Honzon statues are made from cypress wood or metal such as copper or bronze. Statues are the most common type of Honzon.[6] The usage of statue icons came from China in the 9th century.[7][8]

A Shingon altar with a Honzon

Some Honzon called secret buddhas [en] (秘仏, hibutsu) are too sacred for public presentation.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Harding, John S., ed. (2012). Studying Buddhism in practice. London: Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 9781136501890.
  2. ↑ Sharf, Robert H. (2001). Living images : Japanese Buddhist icons in context (Orig. print. ed.). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780804739894.
  3. ↑ Borup, Jørn (2008). Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism : Myōshinji, a living religion ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). Leiden: Brill. p. 8. ISBN 9789004165571.
  4. ↑ Boldrick, Stacy; Brubaker, Leslie; Clay, Richard (2013). Striking images, iconoclasms past and present. Farnham [u.a.]: Ashgate. p. 43. ISBN 9781472413673.
  5. ↑ "本尊(ホンゾン)とは？ 意味や使い方 - コトバンク". Kotobank. Seisen-ban Nihon Kokugo Daijiten. ① 寺院・仏壇などで中央にまつられ、信仰・祈りの主な対象となる仏像。また、個人が特に信仰する仏。本尊仏。 [① A Buddhist statue in the middle of a [building of a] temple or butsudan that is the object for belief and prayer. Or the Buddha that an individual believe in with attention. (It is also called) Honzonbutsu.]
  6. ↑ Horton, Sarah J. (2007). Living Buddhist statues in early medieval and modern Japan (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9780230607149.
  7. ↑ Bogel, Cynthea J. (2009). With a Single Glance: Buddhist Icon and Early Mikkyō Vision. University of Washington Press. p. 197. ISBN 9780295989204. University of Washington Press, 2009
  8. ↑ The body: toward an Eastern mind-body theory Yasuo Yuasa, Thomas P. Kasulis p.125 [1]
  9. ↑ Weinstein, Lucie R. (1989). [The Yumedono Kannon: Problems in Seventh-Century Sculpture], Archives of Asian Art 42, 29
  10. ↑ Rambelli, Fabio (2002). Secret Buddhas: The Limits of Buddhist Representation, Monumenta Nipponica 57 (3), 271-307

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