Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Mokuzo jizo bosatsu zazo

Wooden Seated Jizo (Ksitigarbha)
木造地蔵菩薩坐像

No. of features:

One statue

Designated:

March 31, 1975

Location:

Takahanacho 2-1-2, Omiya Ward (entrusted to the Saitama City Museum)

Owner:

Jizodo Hall

Description:

This “yosegi-zukuri” (joined-block construction) statue was made from hinoki cypress during the Muromachi period. It may have been influenced by the styles of China’s Song and Yuan dynasties.

The figure sits 49.5 cm tall, with a measurement from hairline to pedestal of 45 cm, 43.3 cm between its knees, and a robe that drops 36.7 cm below the figure’s legs. 

Associated Texts:

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

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. This cultural property’s availability may vary; for details, please contact the Saitama City Museum.

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/004/005/006/001/017/003/002/p000163.html