Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Enku saku mokuzo juni shinsho ryuzo

Standing Wooden Statues of the Twelve Heavenly Generals by Enku
円空作木造十二神将立像

No. of features:

12 pieces

Designated:

March 16, 1994

Location:

On loan to the Saitama Prefectural Museum of History

and Folklore (opens to new page)

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Shohoin

Description:

Made during the start of the Edo period (1603-1868), these pieces were carved from single blocks of wood, a method known as “ichiboku-zukuri”. The figures range from 48 cm to 73 cm tall.

The 12 heavenly generals are each associated with an animal of the zodiac. Each of these statues has the animal corresponding to the general it represents carved upon its head. The names of the zodiac animals are written on the back of the statues in India ink.

Associated Texts:

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

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/p000167.html