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Datsueba (Sozuka-no-baba) seated (Tōkōji)

Datsueba (葬頭河婆)

Object RecordSC-1807-010
Type
sculpture
Date
1807
Date Notes
Mokujiki age 90; circa 1807–1808.
Medium
Wood
Location
Tōkōji (東光寺); Yakushidō (薬師堂); Inagawa-chō Kitasekine
City
Inagawa-chō
Prefecture
Hyōgo
Country
Japan
Sources
InagawaWalkingMap2014

Notes

Seated Datsueba (the old hag of the Sanzu River who strips the dead). Part of the complete underworld programme at the Yakushidō. Compare SC-1799-002 (Sōzuka no Baba at Hamamatsu Jūōdō).

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Tōkōji (東光寺); Yakushidō (薬師堂); Inagawa-chō Kitasekine

Inagawa-chō, Hyōgo, Japan

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