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0421 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
中央アジア踏査記 : vol.1
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ous cortège surrounding the Bodhisattva comprises a host
of divinities, among whom are recognizable Regents of the
Quarters accompanied by their demon attendants.
The corresponding portion of a majestic procession is
better preserved in what survives of the left side of the great
painting. Here we see two noble figures of musicians march-
ing with uplifted heads and playing on flute and mouth-
organ (Fig. 110). The curving lines of their bodies and the
floating loose garments convey a sense of rhythmic motion
in harmony with the whole subject. Delighted absorption
in the music is admirably expressed in the face of the flute
player, while intent concentration is rendered with equal
mastery in the look of the musician on the right.
In pictures like these of Buddhist Heavens and of celestial
processions with their exquisite detail, delicate drawing and
glowing animation of colour, we feel lifted into an atmo-
sphere of divine peace, while at the same time we are en-
abled to enjoy the buoyant motion and floating strains of
music which seem to pervade it. As with such sensations we
take our leave of the specimens of Buddhist pictorial art as
it was practised and gathered at this far-off cross-roads of
innermost Asia, we realize what gratitude we owe to the
fortunate chance which had preserved for us remains of that
art in the hidden chapel of the Thousand Buddhas.