Shosan Horinji Temple
Main Image Wooden Seated Shaka Nyorai with Two Attendants Category Nyorai (Tathagata)
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DescriptionThe wooden seated Shaka Nyorai with two attendants is enshrined in the Butsuden Hall of Shosan Horinji Temple. The temple was founded in 1664, and an inscription on the back of the principal Shaka image records that it was made in 1667, the year the Butsuden was built, by the Kyoto Buddhist sculptor Hokkyo Koyu. Made with joined-wood construction and finished with gold leaf, gold pigment, and coloring, the group combines orderly forms influenced by Ming-dynasty China with solid Japanese sculptural technique. It is the central group among an outstanding ensemble of early Edo-period Buddhist images, designated a Shizuoka Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property and open to the public for a fee from 10:00 to 16:00.
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