Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Kannondo enkusaku ryuzu kannonzo hoka santai

Figure of Ryuzu Kannon (Avalokiteśvara) and Other Statues by Enku From Kannondo Hall

観音堂円空作龍頭観音像他三躰

No. of features:

Four figures

Designated:

December 9, 1961

Location:

In the custody of the Saitama City Museum (opens to new page)

2-1-2 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Kannondo Hall

Description:

Statues by Enku. Dated to around 1689.
 

Ryuzu Kannon (Avalokiteśvara): 51.1 cm high, 9.8 cm deep, and 11.1 cm wide.

Bodhisattva: 51.5 cm high, 4.8 cm deep, 14.5 cm wide.

Deity (large): 36.3 cm high, 5.1 cm deep, 5.1 cm wide.

Deity (small): 36.4cm high, 3.5 cm deep, 4.4 cm wide.

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 property is public during designated periods, for more details please inquire with the facility in question.

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/p000248.html