木喰Mokujiki Digital Archive
Works Catalogue

SC-1800-010

Daikokuten (Senshū-ji)

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ID
SC-1800-010
Type
sculpture
Subject
Mahākāla — deity of fortune and wealth (大黒天神)
Date
1800
Date Notes
Kansei 12 (1800); August 23; inscribed 寛政十二年八月二十三日作
Vow Serial
千体之内
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
H 89 cm
Location
Senshū-ji (泉秀寺); Suruga-kuni Abe-gun Nagata Village Tegoshi
City
Tegoshi (now Shizuoka-shi)
Prefecture
Shizuoka
Country
Japan
Source
YanaguiPhotoBook1925
Notes
Entry 42 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 42). Dimensions 丈二尺九寸五分. Companion to Koyasu Kannon (SC-1800-009). Daikoku is a rare subject in the Mokujiki corpus — a syncretic folk deity. Carved one day after SC-1800-009 at the same temple.