Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Enzoin enku saku kannonzo

Figure of Kannon (Avalokiteśvara) by Enku From Enzoin Temple

圓蔵院円空作観音像

No. of features:

One figure

Designated:

December 9, 1961

Location:

In the custody of Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Enzoin Temple

Description:

One wooden statue. In the style of the white-robed Kannon (Avalokiteśvara). Total height 57.5 cm, figure height 48.8 cm, width 12.8 cm, depth 7.8 cm. The back of the statue has an ink inscription. The image wears a crown with the image of Amida Buddha (Amitabha) and has its palms joined in front of its chest.

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/p000251.html