Self-portrait (Niigata; 1805)
Self-portrait of the artist; age 88
Object RecordSC-1805-003
- Type
- sculpture
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Date
- 1805
- Date Notes
- Bunka 2 (1805); May 12; inscribed 文化二丑歳五月十二日作; age 88
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H 68 cm
- Location
- Unknown (Niigata pilgrimage period)
- Prefecture
- Niigata
- Country
- Japan
- Sources
- YanagiPhotoBook1925
Notes
Entry 93 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 93). Dimensions 丈二尺二寸四分. Fourth known carved self-portrait (cf. SC-1804-001 1804; SC-1801-002 1801; SC-1785-001 1785). Present ownership unspecified in source.
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Current Location
Unknown (Niigata pilgrimage period)
Niigata, 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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