Fukuchiin Temple
Main Image Jizo Bosatsu Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
Impression TagsDignityGentlenessSolemnity
DescriptionThe Important Cultural Property seated wooden Jizo Bosatsu is enshrined as the principal image of Fukuchiin Temple's Main Hall. This monumental Kamakura-period image stands about 2.73 meters high, with an overall height of about 6.6 meters including its pedestal, and is known as the “Great Jizo Buddha.” Its halo contains 560 small manifestations of Jizo; together with the principal image and the Six Jizo figures, the composition represents 567 Jizo images in all. It is one of the major images associated with Jizo devotion in Nara and can normally be viewed in the Main Hall.
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