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SC-1804-006

Tachiki Kannon (Shinpuku-ji)

sculpture1804
ID
SC-1804-006
Type
sculpture
Subject
Avalokiteśvara carved in a living pear tree (立木観世音)
Date
1804
Date Notes
Bunka 1 (1804); May 18; carved in pear tree in garden of Hosaka Shōsuke; tree later died and figure moved to Shinpuku-ji Daihikaku
Vow Serial
千体之内
Medium
Pear wood (tachiki — carved in living tree)
Dimensions
H 67 cm
Location
Shinpuku-ji Daihikaku (眞福寺境内大悲閣); originally Hosaka Shōsuke's garden; Tarōmaru
City
Tarōmaru (now Kashiwazaki area)
Prefecture
Niigata
Country
Japan
Source
YanaguiPhotoBook1925
Notes
Entry 78 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 78). Dimensions 丈二尺二寸; material pear (梨). After the host tree died the figure was moved to Shinpuku-ji's Daihikaku. Part of the Shinpuku-ji corpus alongside the Niō pair (SC-1804-004/033) and Konpira (SC-1804-007).