Kōbō Daishi (Seikaiji)
Portrait of Kūkai (空海) / Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師)
Object RecordSC-1800-018
- Type
- sculpture
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Date
- 1800-07
- Date Notes
- Kansei 12 (1800); late July; temple subsequently became inactive; work now in local museum
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H 17 cm
- Location
- Seikaiji (勢皆寺; now in local historical museum)
- City
- Fujieda
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka
- Country
- Japan
- Sources
- Muruburu2011v38
Notes
H. 17 cm — among the smallest known Mokujiki works. Portrait subject (Kōbō Daishi / Kūkai) is rare in the Mokujiki corpus. After Seikaiji ceased functioning the work was managed locally then transferred to a local historical museum.
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Current Location
Seikaiji (勢皆寺; now in local historical museum)
Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan