Carving the Buddhaalpha 日本語
Portable shrine with Buddhist figures (Makura Honzon)

Portable shrine with Buddhist figures (Makura Honzon)諸尊仏龕(枕本尊)

Sculptor unknown

Nyorai (Buddha)

Date
Tang dynasty, 8th century
Location
Kongōbu-ji, Kōya, Wakayama Map
Designation
National Treasure
Material
Wood (sandalwood)
Dimensions
H. 23 cm

About the photograph

License
Public domain
Photograph
Murayama Jungo
Source
Koyasan reihōshū - Art treasures of the Koyasan temples (Tokyo: Kokkasha 1909)

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Facts drawn from: 金剛峯寺 (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

No English title is published by the holder; a conventional English rendering is used here.

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