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Jizô, the Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix


Jizô bosatsu zazô
地蔵菩薩坐像 一躯
Enkei (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Kamakura period
dated 1321 (Genko 2)

Medium/Technique Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) with polychrome and inlaid crystal; joined woodblock construction
Dimensions Overall (figure seated on assembled base with staff): 182.9 x 96.5 x 96.5 cm (72 x 38 x 38 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number05.212.1-3
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #25; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 44
Provenance1905 purchased by Okakura Kakuzô in Japan