Yakushi Nyorai (Tochigi Yakushidō)
Medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
Object RecordSC-1780-002
- Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 1780
- Date Notes
- Anei 9 (1780); December 8; 4 o'clock; inscription: 薬師大咒 安永九子十二月八日四ツ時作 日本廻國行者 行道花押
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H 74 cm
- Location
- Yakushidō (薬師堂); Kikuzawa Village Totichinokubo; Kami-Tsuga-gun
- Prefecture
- Tochigi
- Country
- Japan
- Sources
- YanagiPhotoBook1925
Notes
Entry 3 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 3). Earliest known dated Tochigi work. Dimensions 丈二尺四寸五分. Signed with pre-Mokujiki name 行道 (Gyōdō) with cipher. Entries No.1–9 document the entire Yakushidō corpus including 十二神将 (Twelve Divine Generals).
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Current Location
Yakushidō (薬師堂); Kikuzawa Village Totichinokubo; Kami-Tsuga-gun
Tochigi, Japan