Jizō Bosatsu (Hōzō-ji)

Kṣitigarbha (地蔵菩薩)

Object RecordSC-1800-015

Type: sculpture
Vow Serial: 千体之内
Date: 1800-08-04
Date Notes: Kansei 12 (1800); August 4; temple later relocated due to Tōmei Expressway construction
Medium: Cedar wood
Dimensions: H 77.7 cm
Location: Hōzō-ji Temple (宝蔵寺)
City: Fujieda
Prefecture: Shizuoka
Country: Japan
Sources: Muruburu2011v38

Notes

H. 77.7 cm. Carved from local cedar wood — unusual in the Mokujiki corpus where cypress predominates. Temple subsequently relocated due to construction of the Tōmei Expressway.