Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Amidado mokuzo amida nyorai zazo

Wooden Seated Amida (Amitabha) Buddha of Amidado Hall

阿弥陀堂木造阿弥陀如来坐像

No. of features:

One statue

Designated:

January 5, 1973

Location:

Amidado Hall, 446-2 Futatsumiya, Nishi Ward

Owner:

Amidado Hall

Description:

 Dating from the end of the 13^th century (late Kamakura Period), this image of Amida Buddha was made by joining multiple, separately-carved units together using a technique called yosegi-zukuri. The buddha’s eyes are inlaid crystal. The statue is 52.5 cm tall, with a total display height of 62 cm.

Japan’s Amida Buddha is often depicted performing variations of the raigo-in welcoming mudra; in this image, he is shown making the jobon gesho-in (upper grade: lower birth) variant. The crown of the figure’s head features a three-dimensional protuberance (nikkei) marked with a small circle called a nikkeishu at its base. The third fingertip of the right hand and the hem of the robe are partially missing.

Associated Texts:

Cultural Properties in Omiya 1., Omiya Municipal Board of Education, 1986.

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

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