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Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara (千手観世音菩薩)

Object RecordSC-1801-004
Type
sculpture
Vow Serial
千体之内
Date
1801
Date Notes
Kansei 13 (1801); April; part of 88-Buddha set (八十八躰佛の内); age 84
Medium
Wood
Location
88-Buddha set (八十八躰佛); Yanagi Sōetsu collection (柳宗悦蔵)
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Sources
YanagiPhotoBook1925

Notes

Entry 58 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 58). Part of the Marubatake 88-Buddha set; Yanagi's personal copy. Documents Yanagi's direct collecting relationship with Mokujiki works after the 1923 discovery. Probably now at Japan Folk Crafts Museum (日本民藝館).

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88-Buddha set (八十八躰佛); Yanagi Sōetsu collection (柳宗悦蔵)

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

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