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Tachiki Koyasu Kannon

Child-giving Avalokiteśvara – carved in living tree

Object RecordSC-1807-001
Type
sculpture
Vow Serial
千体之内
Date
1807
Medium
Living oak tree (in situ); preserved in temple hall
Location
Enmanji Temple
City
Inagawa-chō
Prefecture
Hyōgo
Country
Japan
Sources
WikiENKobe2015

Notes

Tree struck by lightning in Meiji era; sculpture preserved when hall was built around it. One of 26 statues carved during ~3-month stay age 89.

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Current Location

Enmanji Temple

Inagawa-chō, Hyōgo, 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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