The Buddha Amida
Buddhist sculptures often contain relics and inscriptions inside their hollowed-out bodies. An inscription inside this work reveals that the sculptor Eisen created it at the age of 21.
- Cultural property designation
- Important Cultural Property
- Quantity
- Artist
- By Eisen (born 1239)
- Period/Century
- Kamakura period, 1259
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Material
- Wood with gold pigment, gold leaf, and inlaid crystal eyes
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Gift of Mr. Yasuda Zenjirō
- Collection reference no.
- C-508
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Category
- Sculpture > Buddhist sculpture > Buddhas
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