Seven Kannon at Kyōan-ji (group)
Seven Kannon: Nyoirin / Senju / Shō-Kannon / Jūichimen / Batō / Jundei / Koyasu — Mokujiki's unique 7-Kannon set (standard Six Kannon + Koyasu)
Object RecordSC-1808-001
- Type
- sculpture
- Vow Serial
- 二千躰之内
- Date
- 1808
- Date Notes
- Bunka 5 (1808); April; age 91; carved in 3 days; second-thousand vow series. DESTROYED: Kōfu air raid August 1945; known only from Yanagi 1925 photographs
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H 73 cm
- Location
- Kyōan-ji (教安寺; Kanatechō Jōdo sect)
- City
- Kōfu
- Prefecture
- Yamanashi
- Country
- Japan
- Sources
- YanagiPhotoBook1925
Notes
Entries 97–103 in Yanagi 1925 photo book. First documented 二千躰之内 inscription: 上人は既に千躰佛を成就し更に「二千躰」の心願に入った. Signature changed to 神通光明 明満仙人. Each figure 丈ほゞ二尺四寸餘り (~73 cm). DESTROYED in Kōfu air raids August 1945 (昭和20年). Known solely from Yanagi 1925 photographs. Fujii 2020 notes Mokujiki added Koyasu Kannon to the standard Six Kannon to create a unique Seven Kannon set.
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Current Location
Kyōan-ji (教安寺; Kanatechō Jōdo sect)
Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan