Stone Buddha "Vishnu" Yungkang Cave Temple, Mongolia
- Date:
- 1949
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Yungang Grottoes' Vishnu figure — identified as Buddha Vishnu, reflecting the Yungang complex's syncretic blending of Hindu and Buddhist iconography under Central Asian influence — is rendered in Hiratsuka's 1949 woodblock. The cave temples at Datong preserve images of remarkable cultural complexity, and Hiratsuka's rendering of this figure captures its weathered stone mass with the patient precision of his architectural documentation.
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Stone Buddha "Vishnu" Yungkang Cave Temple, Mongolia was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1949.
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