Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture)

Title:

Enku butsu

Buddhist Statues by Enku

円空仏

No. of features:

Three figures

Designated:

March 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:

Yajita Community Association

Description:

These Buddhist statues possess a rustic beauty that exemplifies the style of the wandering priest Enku. Of the set, three statues remain: Eleven-Faced Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), Zennyo Ryūō (lit. "goodness-like dragon-king", a rain-dragon deity), and the Child of Wealth (Sudhanakumāra).

The standing states of Zennyo and The Child of Wealth are each carved from half of the same log.

Associated Texts:

(1981). “Cultural Properties in Iwatsuki” (Cultural Property in Iwatsuki City: A Series, vol. 1). 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 on public display during designated periods. Please inquire with the facility in question for further details.

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/p002211.html