木喰Mokujiki Digital Archive
Works Catalogue

SC-1806-001

Bishamonten (Suiten-Ji)

sculpture1806
ID
SC-1806-001
Type
sculpture
Subject
Vaiśravaṇa
Date
1806
Date Notes
Bunka 3 (1806); carved at Enzōji temple; now at Suiten-Ji
Vow Serial
千体之内
Medium
Wood
Location
Suiten-Ji (瑞天寺)
City
Jōetsu
Prefecture
Niigata
Country
Japan
Source
CatalogTxt
Notes
Carved at Enzōji (円蔵寺); later moved to Suiten-Ji. Inscription records Mokujiki counselled the sick by day and carved up to 3 figures per night.