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Tiangong Louge in Eastern Pure Land Illustrations You & Zhu

pray for good luck and avoid disasters in Master) Temple was built in 718 CE, a
real society. Although the Healing year of the Nara period with Japan fully
Master’s pagodas of this period no emulated China. It was constructed
longer exist in China today, there are because Emperor Tenmu vowed to build
accounts of praying for good luck and a pagoda for the recovery of his sick wife,
avoiding disasters in reliance of pagodas evidence that there must be similar
in Dunhuang manuscripts. The East Healing Master’s pagodas early in China.
Pagoda of Japan’s Yakushiji (Healing

Figure 11. Plate of yingzao fashi “Buddhist shrine of tiangong louge”Source: Yingzao Fashi by Li Jie.

Figure 12. Healing Master Sutra illustration of Cave 361 in Dunhuang Mogao Caves. Source: Research on
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building in Dunhuang by Xiao Mo. (A) Line drawing and detailed reproduced picture . (B) Present state of the
original picture.

6 When drawing this picture, Xiao Mo: (1) restored the damaged parts at the bottom left corner according to symmetricity;
(2) changed the upper and lower floors of Sanmen to the same point of view (The upper layer of the original picture clearly
depict the decentralized structure of columns due to variable points of view ); (3) predicted hooked railings hidden on the
back of the pagoda; (4) deleted lamp wheels on the front and rear four independent balconies. It is important to note that
burning lamp to pray for good luck and remove calamities is the most important feature of Healing Master Sutra
illustrations.

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