A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF A KANNON BOSATSU (AVALOKITESHVARA)

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A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF A KANNON BOSATSU (AVALOKITESHVARA)

EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1682), CARVED BY ENKU (1632-1695)

Carved in single-block technique (ichiboku-zukuri) as the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, standing on a rock pedestal, leaning slightly toward the right and with hands placed together under the robe, the hair gathered up into a high coiffure adorned with a crown centered by a diminutive image of Amida (Amitabha) Buddha

24 3⁄8 in. (61.9 cm.) high







Provenance

Myogaku-in Temple, Tamozawa-cho, Nikko City

Yoshiara Yasuzo





Literature

Kuno Takeshi, Kanto chokoku no kenkyu (Research on sculpture in the Kanto region) (Tokyo: Gakugeisha, 1964), no. 20.

Kennaishuzo kobijutsu meihinten (Exhibition of masterpieces collected in Tochigi Prefecture) (Tochigi: Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 1975), cat. pl. 69.

Nonaka Taizo, Tochigiken no chokoku (Sculptures in Tochigi Prefecture) (Tochigi: Tochigi Prefecture City Educational Association, 1977), p. 119.

Homma Masayoshi, Enku to Mokujiki (Enku and Mokujiki), Book of Books, Nihon no bijutsu 35, (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1977), no. 4.

Nagai Nobukazu and Maruyama Shoichi, Enku to Mokujiki (Enku and Mokujiki) (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978), pl. 39.

Gakushu daihyakka jiten 12 – bijutsu to ongaku (Educational Encyclopedia 12 – Art and Music) (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1980), p. 142.

Saitama no Enku (Enku’s sculpture in Saitama Prefecture) (Saitama: Saitama Prefectural Museum, 1988), no. 131.

Hashima Enku ten (Exhibition of Enku’s sculpture in Hashima) (Gifu: Gifu Hashima Civic Center, 1988), no. 115.

Hasegawa Kimishige, Enku butsu (Enku’s buddhist sculpture) (Tokyo: Hoikusha, 1994), no number

Tochigino takara monogatari (Treasures and stories of Tochigi Prefecture) (Tochigi: Tochigi Prefectural Museum, 2002), cat. pl. 101.

Umebara Takeshi no Enku junrei (Umebara Takeshi’s Enku pilgrimage), Geijutsu Shincho 657 (Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2004), p. 18.

Enku ten / Shomin no shinko jiai no hohoemi (Exhibition of Enku / faith of ordinary people and affectionate smile) (Kobe: Kobe shinbunsha, 2005), cat. no. 10.

Enku / kokoro o kizamu (Enku / Carving Soul), (Saitama: Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore, 2011), cat. no. 31.

Hasegawa Kimishige, Enku’s Buddhas: Myistery of Smile (Tokyo: Shin-jinbutsuoraisha, 2013), p. 88.





Exhibited

“Kennaishuzo kobijutsu meihinten (Exhibition of masterpieces collected in Tochigi Prefecture),” Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, 8 Feb-25 March 1975

“Saitama no Enku (Enku’s sculpture in Saitama Prefecture),” Saitama Prefectural Museum, Saitama, 25 Oct-27 Nov 1988

“Hashima Enku ten (Exhibition of Enku’s sculpture in Hashima),“ Gifu Hashima Civic Center, 1-21 Aug 1988

“Tochigino takara monogatari (Treasures and stories of Tochigi Prefecture),” Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 27 April-16 June 2002

“Enku ten / Shomin no shinko jiai no hohoemi (Exhibition of Enku / Belief of ordinary people and affectionate smile), “ exhibited at the following venues:

Daimaru Museum, Kobe, 9 March-21 March 2005

The Suiboku Museum, Toyama, 8 April-8 May 2005

Daimaru Department Store Museum, Kyoto, 12 May-24 May 2005

Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, 27 May-19 June 2005

Kagawa Prefectural Museum of History, Kagawa, 16 July-25 Aug 2005

“Enku / kokoro wo kizamu (Exhibition of Enku / Carving Soul),” Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore, 8 Oct-27 Nov 2011
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