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Yakushi Nyorai (Seirin-in)

Bhaiṣajyaguru (薬師如来)

Object RecordSC-1800-007
Type
sculpture
Vow Serial
千体之内
Date
1800-08-08
Date Notes
Kansei 12 (1800); August 8; inscribed 寛政十二年八月八日作; originally at Shinboku-ji (神木寺) dismantled in Meiji period; recorded by Yanagi at Bairin'in (1925); now at Seirin-in (栖林院)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
H 100 cm
Location
Seirin-in Temple (栖林院; formerly Bairin'in / 梅林院; originally Shinboku-ji / 神木寺)
City
Fujieda
Prefecture
Shizuoka
Country
Japan
Sources
FujiedaColumn23YanagiPhotoBook1925WikiENMuruburu2011v38

Notes

Entry 40 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 40). Dimensions 丈三尺三寸 (≈ 100 cm per Yanagi; Muruburu vol. 38 gives 95.5 cm — likely different measurement base). Originally carved for Shinboku-ji Temple (神木寺) which was dismantled during the Meiji period. Photographed by Yanagi at Bairin'in (梅林院; 964 Katsurashima Okabe-chō); now held at Seirin-in. Carved same day as Koyasu Kannon (SC-1800-017). Inscription 千体之内 on reverse confirmed per Fujieda guide.

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Current Location

Seirin-in Temple (栖林院; formerly Bairin'in / 梅林院; originally Shinboku-ji / 神木寺)

Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

Related Poems

よろずよの

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

W-007

いくたびも

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

W-004

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