Jofuku Zenji Temple
Main Image Wooden Seated Yakushi Nyorai Category Nyorai (Tathagata)
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DescriptionJofuku Zenji is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Nanzenji branch on a hillside overlooking the Saga Plain. Its wooden seated Yakushi Nyorai, believed to date from the Heian period, measures 82.7 cm tall and was carved principally from a single piece of Japanese cypress. The right hand is raised in a gesture of reassurance and the left holds a medicine jar. The calm figure retains the strength of early Buddhist sculpture and is nationally designated an Important Cultural Property. It is now kept in a dedicated Buddha image storehouse and viewing requires an advance application. Stone images by Togawa stonemasons also survive in the grounds.
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