Works Catalogue
SC-1805-002
Dōgen Zenji (Dōun-ji)
sculpture1805
- ID
- SC-1805-002
- Type
- sculpture
- Subject
- Portrait of Eihei Dōgen (道元禅師) — founder of the Sōtō Zen school
- Date
- 1805
- Date Notes
- Bunka 2 (1805); January 22; inscribed 文化二丑正月二十二日作; age 88; inscription: 永平開山道元大和尚
- Vow Serial
- 千体之内
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H 67 cm
- Location
- Dōun-ji (洞雲寺) → now Nakamura Tōmei collection (中村藤明氏蔵)
- City
- Ōtsu Village (大洲村)
- Prefecture
- Niigata
- Country
- Japan
- Source
- YanaguiPhotoBook1925
- Notes
- Entry 86 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 86). Dimensions 丈二尺二寸二分. Unusual subject — Dōgen (1200–1253) is the Sōtō Zen patriarch rather than a standard Buddhist icon. Portrait of a historical figure rather than a deity. From Mokujiki's late Niigata period.