Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Hoshakuji enkusaku ennogyojazo

Figure of En no Gyoja by Enku From Hoshakuji Temple

宝積寺円空作役行者像

No. of features:

One figure

Designated:

December 9, 1961

Location:

Hoshakuji Temple

3-38-1 Fukasaku, Minami Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Hoshakuji Temple

Description:

 This statue is 62.3 cm tall, 15.0 cm deep, and 24.3 cm wide. Statues of the ascetic En no Gyoja are very rare; this is one of the six known examples in Japan.

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/p000253.html