This is also the main reason why there are so many versions of the "Statue of the Gods of the Tang Dynasty" that have been handed down in Japan, but only the one in front of you is the most precious and is rated as one of Japan's top national treasures.

Just because this painting happened to be the picture scroll collected by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori back then.

And about this painting, in fact, there are still a lot of roadside social history and gossip news circulating in Japan.

It is said that the author of this painting, Fujiwara Yoshi, is actually a descendant of the Fujiwara clan who framed Sugawara Michizane in the Heian period.

And when he was born, it was already the Muromachi period more than 300 years after the Heian period, and the Fujiwara clan at this time had already declined, and it was no longer the mainstay of the Japanese imperial center.

However, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, after all, it is also a famous family that has influenced Japanese history for more than 100 years, how can this Fujiwara clan be willing to withdraw from the stage of history.

So they decided to curry favor with the core of power in the court at that time, that is, Ashikaga Yoshinori.

But if you want to please him, you have to start from his preferences, and among the favorite historical figures of Ashikaga Yoshinori, there is Sugawara Michizane, who was knocked to the ground by the Fujiwara family and sent to the wild land of Kyushu, and this general is also very superstitious about Buddhism, and he is a very devout Buddhist.

In order to prevent Ashikaga Yoshinori from having a bad impression of the Fujiwara family, they found Fujiwara Yoshi, the founder of the Fujiwara School, who was originally a son-in-law who was obsessed with studying art and painting, and was not very interested in such political struggles.

But the people of the family have all asked for it, and it is not like that if they don't make a move, they created this painting.

Then I made up a story and gave the painting to Ashikaga Yoshinori, and sure enough, Ashikaga Yoshinori was very happy after getting the painting.

Since then, he has never felt sorry for his Fujiwara family.

But why did Ashikaga Yoshinori like this painting so much?

This actually has a lot to do with the "like" on this painting!

Because the author of this "like" is not a quasi-teacher. And what is this non-quasi-teacher? This was the teacher of Japan's "national teacher" at that time!

As an extremely devout Buddhist, how could Ashikaga Yoshinori not respect the teacher of the national teacher?

What's going on here?

This is still related to the spread of religion in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is also related to Jingshan Temple, which is now a famous Buddhist base in China.

This Jingshan Temple is located near the city of Paradise, in the Southern Song Dynasty was a famous Buddhist temple, not only to attract the Southern Song Dynasty of good men and women, but also to the Japanese monks who came from the east. Like the Korean monks, they like to practice in this ancient temple.

At that time, there was a famous Japanese monk in this ancient temple, this monk had a very interesting name, called Yuan'er Yuanyuan, which sounded very funny, but his experience was not simple at all.

He was in the Song Dynasty, from Japan to the east to study in this Jingshan Temple, and later was accepted as an apprentice by the abbot of the mountain temple on the mountain, Wuzhun Normal Zen Master, and devoted himself to seeking the Dharma for seven years. was beaten by the "bamboo caster" cane, and finally had to pass on the mantle and return to his hometown.

And during this time, this guy not only devoted himself to studying Buddhism, but also made friends with a lot of rich people who believed in Buddhism, and this guy was very eloquent.

Before leaving, he fooled Xie Guoming, a wealthy man in Hangzhou @ Prefecture at that time, and asked him to donate money to build Chengtian Temple in Hakata, Kyushu, Japan.

And after the fire at Jingshan Temple in the future. The monk persuaded Xie Guoming to donate timber for the restoration of Jingshan Temple.

This monk returned to Japan many years later. Appreciated by the prime minister at the time, he was able to enter the Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto, the capital of Japan, at this time, and then he was given the title of "Holy One", and after his death, he was given the title of "National Teacher" by the emperor, and this was the first person in Japan to be given the title of "National Teacher", and it was the second patriarch of the Japanese Rinzai sect after the glory of the West.

A "like" from a teacher of a Japanese national teacher. How can this not make the Ashikaga Yoshitsu heart bloom?

It is precisely because there are so many twists and turns in this story, and so much Japanese history involved, that this seemingly simple "Statue of the Heavenly God of the Tang Dynasty" will become so unsimple.

That's why it can be rated as one of Japan's national treasures.

This history was also learned by Jin Muchen that day when he went back to Google the Japanese national treasures on display in this museum after browsing this exhibition hall.

However, this is now an ancient painting that has a special way of telling the history of Japan. It will definitely not belong to Japan anymore.

Hehe, the pride of you Japanese will belong to you in the future.

With a hammer down, the glass cover was shattered, and then the wire was cut off with a knife, and the painting was pocketed by Jin Muchen.

Having a few Japanese national treasures in hand made Jin Muchen's mood extremely comfortable, and he even walked a little briskly.

Soon he was in front of another glass cover, the same one he had seen before, and the paintings in it shimmered with the same pale yellow light, and the same soft and far-reaching kind.

Obviously, this is also a painting with a religious theme related to Buddhism, so I came to this painting and took a closer look.

"Statue of Good and Fearless." Statue of Master Huiwen! 》

As soon as he saw this painting, Jin Muchen was also shocked, Nima's, this is also a remarkable painting, no wonder it will be rated as a national treasure among Japan's national treasures.

It is impossible to say who the specific author of this painting is, but this painting must be very famous.

Because the creation of this painting can be said to be very old, it can be traced back to the Heian period, the 11th century.

It first appeared in Ichijoji Temple in Hyogo Prefecture, and it was kept there for a long time until it was collected by the Tokyo National Museum two thousand years later.

And the reason why this painting is rated as a national treasure among national treasures is entirely because of this master Huiwen in this painting.

You must know that Buddhism in Japan was also transmitted from the Central Plains.

However, when the monk Jianzhen of the Tang Dynasty traveled east to Japan to teach Buddhist scriptures and enlighten Japan, many Buddhist sects had already been born in China itself.

Although they are all Buddhism, these branches of Buddhism are different, such as Pure Land Buddhism, Vinaya Buddhism, Lotus Buddhism, Honesty Buddhism, Kusha Buddhism, Three Treatise Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Huayan Buddhism, Dharma Xiang Buddhism, and Tantra Buddhism.

Anyway, there are quite a lot of sects, and the arguments are non-stop, and later it has developed to the point of fighting, so who said that a monk must be calm and good-tempered!?

Such fights and controversies have been going on in China for hundreds of years, and after Buddhism was introduced to Japan, these gangs have been arguing with each other, coupled with the more radical and genuine character of the Japanese, and finally between the various Buddhist sects, it even caused a series of bloody conflicts.

It was not until the 11th century that the Tendai sect, also known as the Lotus sect, founded by this master Huiwen, became the main body of popular Buddhism in Japan.

In Japan, the sectarian dispute was terminated, so the portrait of Master Huiwen was so valued by the Japanese.

After all, this is the ancestor of Buddhism that Japan later developed on its own!

And the reason why this Lotus sect was able to become the ancestor of Japanese Buddhism is mainly because there is a legend that it is said that Prince Shotoku, the emperor of Japan at that time, had a dream one day, and in the dream an old monk opened the light and gave him an empowerment, and since then he has become the darling of the gods and the legitimate ruler of Japan......

And the old monk who gave him the consecration and empowerment was, of course, the Venerable Huiwen.

From that time on, the Lotus sect had a transcendent status among the many Buddhist sects in Japan, becoming the natural leader of the alliance, and finally merged with all the other sects to develop Japan's own Buddhist system.

And this Huiwen Zen Master, of course, has become the ancestor of Japanese Buddhism.

So of course his portrait is very important, and now this "Portrait of Kindness and Fearlessness" in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum. Statue of Master Huiwen! 》

This is the earliest portrait of Master Huiwen in Japan so far.

And it was about the same time as the Prince Shotoku back then, who dreamed that Master Huiwen gave him a consecration and empowerment, so do you say this portrait is precious?

This is the living history of those days, don't say anything, if this is not a national treasure among national treasures, then Japan basically has no national treasure.

But now, of course, this national treasure has also been included in Jin Muchen's pocket.

After receiving this painting, after continuing to move, the next thing that appeared in a glass cover was a typical representative work of Japanese lacquerware, Sakura Silken inkstone!

This box is a work from the Edo period in the 18th century, and in terms of workmanship, it is very ordinary, but it is a little better than the Japanese box that Jin Muchen collected before.

And the materials are a little better than the previous box.

But the only thing that stands out more than that box is that the color pattern on this box, the black primer, and the technique of gilding and dipping it in silver are definitely the top masterpieces of Japanese lacquerware.

You must know that Japanese antiques are basically similar to Chinese antiques, and there are only a few things that are turned over and over, but if there is a better way to make Chinese antiques, I am afraid that only Japanese lacquerware is made.

In this regard, Japan is indeed a little better than we do.

Because their lacquer paintings are not like we are sitting on lacquerware, but on wooden furniture, so the material is higher than our domestic lacquerware.

It is also very popular with collectors in the world, and the Sakura inkstone in front of you, a typical representative work of the Japanese lacquerware Ririn, has distinctive characteristics, and the color matching used is also very bold, which is the first in the history of Japanese lacquerware, so the influence is also very large, and it is not too much to be rated as a national treasure. (To be continued.) )