Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Mokuzo jizo bosatsu hankazo

Wooden Half-Lotus Jizo (Kṣitigarbha)

木造地蔵菩薩半跏像

No. of features:

One figure

Designated:

Mar 29, 1978

Location:

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

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Hokkeji Temple

Description:

A work of the Buddhist sculptor Minbu from the Kamakura period (1185-1333).

The statue is made of hinoki cypress in the “yosegi-zukuri” (joined-block construction) style and has a total height of 93.8 cm. The statue bears an ink inscription of Hokkeji Temple’s chief priest and the name of the sculptor. Minbu also constructed a seated statue of the buddha Yakushi (Bhaiṣajyaguru) in 1471 that is currently held by Yakuoin Temple in Tajima, Sakura Ward, Saitama City.

Associated Texts:

(1983). “Cultural Properties in Iwatsuki” (Cultural Properties in Iwatsuki City： A Series, vol. 2).  Iwatsuki Municipal Board of Education.

(1999). “Designated Cultural Properties in Iwatsuki” (The Iwatsuki Collection, vol. 1).  Iwatsuki 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/p002210.html