說起始建於八世紀的日本奈良東大寺及寺內主尊大佛，正是在重源這位日本佛教高僧的強大願力下，於十二世紀的頹圮中浴火重生，守護日本中世的人們。儘管該寺日後又於多次動亂和災禍中毀損，留存於今者係於十七世紀末再度重建而成，但仍不可抹煞重源對於日本佛教文化之保存及推動的巨大貢獻。 由羅森福教授（John M. Rosenfield）撰著、其門生顏娟英教授所翻譯的《奈良大佛與重源肖像：日本中古時期佛教藝術的蛻變》一書，即由八百年前為尊崇重源所作成的木雕肖像出發，帶領讀者回溯他那波瀾萬丈的佛寺重建之路，由國家社會、文化交流、科技進展、佛教傳布等各個層面，鮮活展現彼時信仰力所形塑出獨樹一格的時代面貌。
由羅森福教授（John M. Rosenfield）撰著、其門生顏娟英教授所翻譯的《奈良大佛與重源肖像：日本中古時期佛教藝術的蛻變》一書，即由八百年前為尊崇重源所作成的木雕肖像出發，帶領讀者回溯他那波瀾萬丈的佛寺重建之路，由國家社會、文化交流、科技進展、佛教傳布等各個層面，鮮活展現彼時信仰力所形塑出獨樹一格的時代面貌。
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羅森福（John M. Rosenfield）
出生美國德州，愛荷華大學碩士，哈佛大學藝術史博士（1959）。任教母校藝術史系（1965～1990）專攻印度佛教藝術，博士論文出版為《貴霜王朝藝術》（The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans, 1967）隨即前往京都學習日本美術，研究範圍涵蓋日本各時期佛教藝術，同時也發表關於德川幕府（江戶）時期建築、雕刻與町人美術研究。1988年榮獲日本政府旭日章賞，2001年山片蟠桃賞Yamagata Banto Prize，2012年美國史密森尼學會弗瑞爾獎章（Charles Lang Freer Medal）以表彰他對日本文化的貢獻。
Chōgen (重源) (1121-1206), also known as Shunjōbō Chōgen (俊乗坊重源), was a JapaneseBuddhist monk. From 1181 he devoted twenty-five years of his life to the endowment and rebuilding of Tōdai-ji after its destruction in war.[1]
A contemporary record known as the Benevolent Deeds of Namu-Amidabutsu provides the fullest evidence for Chōgen's life and career.[2][3][4] This may be supplemented by diaries such as the Jewelled Leaves (玉葉) of Fujiwara no Kanezane; temple records; documents including Solicitation for Funds by Chōgen in Genkyū 2; and inscriptions including one on stone dating to 1202 from Kawachi Province recording his repair of irrigation channels first constructed by Gyōki Bosatsu.[2][5][6] By the time of the illustratedTōdaiji Daibutsu engi of the 1530s, which includes a scene of Chōgen at sea conveying logs for the great rebuilding, invocation of his memory could include a "mixture of fact and fable".[7]
Born most likely in Kyoto in 1121, Chōgen was initiated into religious life at the Shingon centre of Daigo-ji at age thirteen. Later in his teens he undertook ascetic practices in Shikoku and at Mount Ōmine, followed in his early twenties by time at Koyasan. After assorted pious deeds, including chanting the nembutsu a million times and the donation of statues and sutras to a number of temples, involvement in public works in the manner of Gyōki and Kūya, and possible trips to China, in 1181 Chōgen was appointed to raise funds for the reconstruction of Tōdai-ji. Over the next twenty-five years he oversaw repairs to the Giant Buddha, the hall in which it was housed, the south gate, and numerous other buildings in the temple complex, as well as being involved in the commissioning of numerous replacement images. He also continued his civic works, repairing bridges, driving robbers from the mountains, and easing the distress of man and beast. He finally died in the Pure Land hall at Tōdai-ji at the age of eighty-five in 1206.[2][7]
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參引自：〈圖像、儀軌與往生彼岸〉《奈良大佛與重源肖像：日本中古時期佛教藝術的蛻變》
作者：羅森福 (John M. Rosenfield)
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