木喰Mokujiki Digital Archive
Works Catalogue

SC-1801-004

Senju Kannon (Yanagi Sōetsu collection)

sculpture1801
ID
SC-1801-004
Type
sculpture
Subject
Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara (千手観世音菩薩)
Date
1801
Date Notes
Kansei 13 (1801); April; part of 88-Buddha set (八十八躰佛の内); age 84
Vow Serial
千体之内
Medium
Wood
Location
88-Buddha set (八十八躰佛); Yanagi Sōetsu collection (柳宗悦蔵)
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Source
YanaguiPhotoBook1925
Notes
Entry 58 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 58). Part of the Marubatake 88-Buddha set; Yanagi's personal copy. Documents Yanagi's direct collecting relationship with Mokujiki works after the 1923 discovery. Probably now at Japan Folk Crafts Museum (日本民藝館).