Chinkokuji Temple
Main Image Wooden Standing Migawari Fudo Myo-o Category Myo-o (Wisdom King)
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DescriptionThis hidden wooden standing Migawari Fudo Myoo is enshrined in Chinkokuji's Goma Hall in Munakata. Believed to date from the late Heian period, it stands 108 cm tall, is carved from a single Japanese cypress trunk and is designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Although Fudo Myoo is a wrathful deity, the sculpture shows the gentler modeling characteristic of the period. Normally kept inside a shrine cabinet, it is unveiled every April 28, when the temple also holds its fire-walking goma ritual to pray for health and protection.
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