 |
Jizobuji Temple Main Hall: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
|
| |
|
Jizobuji Temple Main Hall: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
JAPAN, Wakayama, Kainan; Kamakura period (1185–1333), dated 1323; Commissioned by Shinjo; By Ingyokei; Sandstone; H: 317 cm
An inscription on the mandorla dates the statue to 1323. It was commissioned by Shinjo and sculpted by Ingyokei. Ingyokei was a stone mason that succeeded Igyomatsu’s style. The statue was listed an Important Cultural Property in 1974.
The statue is carved from a single piece of rock and its platform is built from several slabs of sandstone. Ksitigarbha sits in full lotus position on a lotus throne, with the right hand holding a six-ringed monk’s staff and a large jewel in the left hand. The figure wears monastic robes with smoothly flowing folds over both shoulders. The lotus nimbus intersects with a plain aureole and both are incorporated in a flame-shaped mandorla with a seated Amitabha at its apex. |
