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Sōzuka no Baba (Jūōdō; Hamamatsu)

Datsueba — Old Woman of the Underworld (葬頭河婆)

Object RecordSC-1799-002
Type
sculpture
Vow Serial
千体之内
Date
1799
Date Notes
Kansei 11 (1799); Tōtōmi Province; paired with Enma (SC-1799-001); age c.82
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
H 53 cm
Location
Jūōdō (十王堂); Tōtōmi-kuni Inasa-gun
City
Inasa-gun (now Hamamatsu)
Prefecture
Shizuoka
Country
Japan
Sources
YanagiPhotoBook1925

Notes

Entry 37 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 37). Dimensions 丈一尺七寸五分. Companion to Enma (SC-1799-001). The pairing of Enma and Datsueba recurs in 1804 at Bibashima (SC-1804-002/030).

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Jūōdō (十王堂); Tōtōmi-kuni Inasa-gun

Inasa-gun (now Hamamatsu), Shizuoka, 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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