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Sculpture - Nyoirin Kannon

Nyoirin Kannon

  • Object:

    Sculpture

  • Place of origin:

    Japan (made)

  • Date:

    1680 (made)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Carved andesite

  • Credit Line:

    Tata Gift

  • Museum number:

    A.125-1920

  • Gallery location:

    Buddhist Sculpture, room 17, case WS

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This figure is of Nyoirin Kannon, a form of the bodhisattva Kannon whom Buddhists believe 'listens to the voices of the world' and to whom they look for the granting of wishes.

Its distinguishing features are its six arms--three of which hold a lotus, a wheel of the law of reincarnation and a rosary--and its characteristic pose. The image is carved from volcanic stone and is inscribed 'made for the lady believer Jôoku Isei on the twentieth day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Empô', a date equivalent to 1680.

Physical description

Figure of Nyoirin Kannon, a form of the bodhisattva Kannon who 'listens to the voices of the world', and is distinguished by having six arms, holding a lotus, a wheel of the law of reincarnation and a rosary as well as by the characteristic pose. Nyoirin's special function is the granting of wishes. It is carved from volcanic stone. It is inscribed 'made for the lady believer Jooku Isei on the twentieth day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Empo' (1680).

Place of Origin

Japan (made)

Date

1680 (made)

Materials and Techniques

Carved andesite

Dimensions

Height: 140 cm, Width: 60 cm approx, Depth: 40 cm approx

Descriptive line

Stele, carved andesite, of Nyoirin Kannon, a form of the bodhisattva Kannon, or granter of wishes, Edo period, Japan, 1680

Subjects depicted

Buddhist images, Nyoirin Kannon

Categories

Sculpture; Religion; Buddhism

Collection code

EAS

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