Works Catalogue
SC-1797-003
Tachiki Yakushi (Gangyō-ji)
sculpture1797
- ID
- SC-1797-003
- Type
- sculpture
- Subject
- Bhaiṣajyaguru carved in a standing kaya tree (立木)
- Date
- 1797
- Date Notes
- Kansei 9 (1797); c. December; inscription: 寛政九巳歳十二月頃; material: 榧 (kaya — Japanese nutmeg yew)
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Medium
- Kaya wood (tachiki — carved in living tree)
- Location
- Gangyō-ji (願行寺); Amu-gun Fukugawa Village Fukui Shimo Enokiya
- Prefecture
- Yamaguchi
- Country
- Japan
- Source
- YanaguiPhotoBook1925
- Notes
- Entry 30 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 30). No dimensions given. Carved directly into a standing kaya tree — the tachiki technique used throughout Mokujiki's career. From late 1797 Yamaguchi pilgrimage period.