Category:

Municipally  Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Kongoin mokuzo hokan shaka nyorai zazo

Wooden Seated Shaka (Shakyamuni) Buddha of Kongoin Temple
金剛院木造宝冠釈迦如来坐像

No. of features:

One statue

Designated:

February 7, 1975

Location:

Kongoin Temple, 1-758 Nisshincho, Kita Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Kongoin Temple

Description:

This statue is from the start of the Muromachi period (1336-1573). It was carved from several pieces of wood, a method called “yosegi-zukuri”. The statue itself stands 40.5 centimeters tall, with a distance of 28.2 centimeters between its knees, a height of 31 centimeters between the statue’s hairline and its feet, and a robe that droops 5.4 centimeters below the top of the lotus pedestal. 

Associated Texts:

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 1). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

This cultural property is not available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/003/003/p000265.html