Works Catalogue
SC-1806-004
Ajita Sonja (Rakan; Seigenji)
sculpture1806
- ID
- SC-1806-004
- Type
- sculpture
- Subject
- Ajita (Ajita-son 阿氏多尊者); Arhat
- Date
- 1806
- Date Notes
- 文化3年 (Bunka 3); Mokujiki age 89.
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Medium
- Wood
- Location
- Seigenji (清源寺) / Inryō-an (陰涼庵)
- City
- Yagi (now Nantan-shi)
- Prefecture
- Kyoto
- Country
- Japan
- Source
- KouhouNantan2007
- Notes
- Identified by temple as a self-portrait of Mokujiki (木喰上人の自刻像といわれる). Ajita Sonja is the 18th of the Eighteen Rakan. Distinguished by a smiling, wrinkled face — consistent with Mokujiki's late self-portrait style.