Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 8. (Budapest, 1965)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Horváth, Tibor: Buddha relief with lotus pedestal from the Kamakura period

Fig. 3. Halo of the lotus pedestal, without the Buddha relief their upper part. Together with the ceiling decoration: baldachin (tengdi), the altar banner (hata) and the openworked plates (keman) which were mostly decorated with winged and bird-legged heavenly beings, Karyobinka (Kalavinka), they enhanced the solemnity of the altar and intensified its significance. The kakebotoke-s have generally a round form. There are one or several deities on them. Concerning the former ones, the examples of the Chüson-ji's Shaka Nyorai,

5 and the Eleven-headed Kannon of Kamakura Hase-dera made in 1326 and regarded as the largest kakebotoke

6 are well known. Very often, we find more than one Buddha on them, among this type of kakebotoke, 5 Nihon bijutsu taikei, Chökoku, Tökyö, Seibondö Shinkosha, 1941. p. 448. 6 See: Fig. 108. p. 202. of the work cit. under note 2.