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Yakushi Nyorai (Jōraku-ji)

Bhaiṣajyaguru (薬師如来)

Object RecordSC-1800-019
Type
sculpture
Vow Serial
千体之内
Date
1800
Date Notes
Kansei 12 (1800); specific date not recorded; original damaged by suspicious fire 1991 (Heisei 3)
Medium
Wood
Location
Jōraku-ji Temple (常楽寺)
City
Fujieda
Prefecture
Shizuoka
Country
Japan
Sources
Muruburu2011v38

Notes

Original statue damaged in a suspicious fire in 1991 (Heisei 3); the temple had already become inactive. A replica is now installed in the reconstructed main hall. One of few Mokujiki works known to have been destroyed or severely damaged.

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Current Location

Jōraku-ji Temple (常楽寺)

Fujieda, 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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