Fukūkenjaku Kannon

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Fuku-kensaku Kannon (centre) with attendants Bon-ten (left) and Taishaku-ten, Late Nara period (724-794). Dry lacquer sculptures. In the Hokke-do of the Todai-ji, Nara. Heights (centre) 364 cm and (le

Fukūkenjaku Kannon

Japanese sculpture

Also known as: Fukū-kensaku Kannon

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…hollow-core lacquer sculpture of the Fukūkenjaku Kannon functions as the central image. This work is probably the most prominent of a number of images of the deity created in the 740s at the command of Emperor Shōmu. It is flanked by two clay images of the bodhisattvas Gakkō and Nikkō…
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…hollow-core lacquer sculpture of the Fukūkenjaku Kannon functions as the central image. This work is probably the most prominent of a number of images of the deity created in the 740s at the command of Emperor Shōmu. It is flanked by two clay images of the bodhisattvas Gakkō and Nikkō…
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