Self-portrait (Mingeikan)
Self-portrait of the artist
Object RecordSC-1801-002
- Type
- sculpture
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Date
- 1801
- Date Notes
- Kansei 13 (1801); February 24; inscription: 五行菩薩自身之像 日本廻國八宗一見之図 寛政十三酉二月廿四日成就ス
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H 74 cm
- Location
- Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan)
- City
- Tokyo
- Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Country
- Japan
Notes
Entry 51 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 51): self-portrait at Marubatake. Dimensions 丈二尺四寸五分. Second of the three Mingeikan Mokujiki works.
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Current Location
Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan)
Tokyo, Tokyo, 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 ↗
ゑがけども…
Though I carve and carve, / still the image remains — / the face of the Buddha / lingering in the heart.
W-002 ↗
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