Carving the Buddhaalpha 日本語
Bodhisattva in half-lotus (said to be Nyoirin Kannon)

Bodhisattva in half-lotus (said to be Nyoirin Kannon)菩薩半跏像(伝如意輪観音)

Sculptor unknown

Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)

Date
Heian period, 9th century (Jogan era)
Location
Hobodaiin Gantoku-ji, Kyoto Map
Designation
National Treasure
Material
Wood (single block of kaya)
Dimensions
H. c. 88 cm

About the photograph

License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Photograph
Ismoon (talk) 15:33, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Source
own work (from Internet, with my work on Photoshop)

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Facts drawn from: 願徳寺 (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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