Ajita Sonja (Rakan; Seigenji)
Ajita (Ajita-son 阿氏多尊者); Arhat
Object RecordSC-1806-004
- Type
- sculpture
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Date
- 1806
- Date Notes
- 文化3年 (Bunka 3); Mokujiki age 89.
- Medium
- Wood
- Location
- Seigenji (清源寺) / Inryō-an (陰涼庵)
- City
- Yagi (now Nantan-shi)
- Prefecture
- Kyoto
- Country
- Japan
- Sources
- KouhouNantan2007
Notes
Identified by temple as a self-portrait of Mokujiki (木喰上人の自刻像といわれる). Ajita Sonja is the 18th of the Eighteen Rakan. Distinguished by a smiling, wrinkled face — consistent with Mokujiki's late self-portrait style.
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Current Location
Seigenji (清源寺) / Inryō-an (陰涼庵)
Yagi (now Nantan-shi), Kyoto, 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 ↗
きさらぎや…
Kisaragi — / the white snow of morning blossoms; / where Mokujiki dwells, / the moon over the peak.
W-006 ↗
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