Self-portrait (Tōkōji Yakushidō; Inagawa-chō)
Mokujiki Shōnin (self-portrait)
Object RecordSC-1807-008
- Type
- sculpture
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Date
- 1807
- Date Notes
- Mokujiki age 90; circa 1807–1808. One of 13 works in Yakushidō at Tōkōji.
- Medium
- Wood
- Location
- Tōkōji (東光寺); Yakushidō (薬師堂); Inagawa-chō Kitasekine
- City
- Inagawa-chō
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo
- Country
- Japan
- Sources
- InagawaWalkingMap2014
Notes
Housed in the Yakushidō hall at Tōkōji alongside a complete Jūō set, Datsueba, and White Demon (total 13 Mokujiki works in the hall). Distinct from SC-1807-004 (self-portrait at Bishamondō, different temple).
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Tōkōji (東光寺); Yakushidō (薬師堂); Inagawa-chō Kitasekine
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 ↗
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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