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Works Catalogue

SC-1807-001

Tachiki Koyasu Kannon

sculpture1807
ID
SC-1807-001
Type
sculpture
Subject
Child-giving Avalokiteśvara – carved in living tree
Date
1807
Vow Serial
千体之内
Medium
Living oak tree (in situ); preserved in temple hall
Location
Enmanji Temple
City
Inagawa-chō
Prefecture
Hyōgo
Country
Japan
Source
WikiEN; Kobe2015
Notes
Tree struck by lightning in Meiji era; sculpture preserved when hall was built around it. One of 26 statues carved during ~3-month stay age 89.