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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

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Praying to the gods / of ten thousand ages — / may the Buddhas I carve / remain in this world.

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Again and again / I set the chisel and pray — / within the thousand: / the Buddha guiding.

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ゑがけども…

Though I carve and carve, / still the image remains — / the face of the Buddha / lingering in the heart.

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