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Fudō Myōō (Kuzuma-ji)

Acala — Immovable Wisdom King

Object RecordSC-1789-001
Type
sculpture
Vow Serial
千体之内
Date
1789
Date Notes
Kansei 1 (1789); November 28; inscribed 寛政元酉十一月廿八日; age c.72
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
H 33 cm
Location
Kuzuma-ji (靴馬寺); Hyūga-kuni Kodama-gun Mitsuzai Village
City
Mitsuzai (now Saito-shi)
Prefecture
Miyazaki
Country
Japan
Sources
YanagiPhotoBook1925

Notes

Entry 19 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 19). Dimensions 丈一尺一寸. Earliest dated surviving work from Mokujiki's 12-year Kyushu period (c.1782–1797). Unusually small for a Fudō image at 33 cm.

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Kuzuma-ji (靴馬寺); Hyūga-kuni Kodama-gun Mitsuzai Village

Mitsuzai (now Saito-shi), Miyazaki, Japan

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Praying to the gods / of ten thousand ages — / may the Buddhas I carve / remain in this world.

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Again and again / I set the chisel and pray — / within the thousand: / the Buddha guiding.

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