Seiganji Temple
Japanese name：
祥光山星巖寺
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Main Image Stone Figures of the Five Hundred Arhats Category Other
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DescriptionSeiganji is an Obaku Zen temple that served as the family temple of successive lords of the Ogi branch of the Nabeshima clan. About 200 stone arhat figures survive along the path to the lords' graves. Each has a distinct expression or gesture, from smiling and meditating to looking skyward. Their exact dates and sculptors remain uncertain, although tradition attributes them to the family of the Togawa stonemason Hirakawa Tokubei in the mid-Edo period. The stone arhat figures are designated Important Cultural Properties by Ogi City.
Basic Information
Spot ID
10017
Temple / Site
Seiganji Temple
Visiting Area
Temple Grounds and Path to the Lords' Tombs
Visiting Status
Viewable within the temple grounds (outdoors; check visiting hours on site)
Address
佐賀県小城市小城町畑田3111-1
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