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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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Seigenji (清源寺) / Inryō-an (陰涼庵)

Yagi (now Nantan-shi), Kyoto, Japan

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