BUDDHA SHRINE
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A RARE "BUTSUDAN" SHRINE OF THE BODHISATTVA "JIZO", PROTECTOR OF THE TRAVELERS AND CHILDREN, SEATED ON A LOTUS THRONE IN THE MOST UNUSAL POSTURE OF ROYAL EASE. THE LOTUS REST UPON A ROCK FORMATION SYMBOLIZING MT. MERU (THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY). IN HIS LEFT HAND HE HOLDS THE "CINTAMANI" WISHFULFILLING GEM AND IN HIS RIGHT HAND THE MONK'S STAFF "SHAKUJO" WITH SIX RINGS,REPRESENTING THAT HE ABIDES BY ALL BEINGS IN THE SIX REALMS OF EXISTENCE. AT HIS THIRD EYE IS THE JEWELED URNA OR MARK OF PERFECTION AND HIS NIMBUS IS MOUNTED WITH THREE FLAMING JEWELS OF PERFECTED WISDOM. HE IS FLANKED BY HIS ACOLYTES ADEPTLY PAINTED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE GILDED DOORS; SHOAKU- THE RED DEITYWHO DESTROYS IGNORANCE AND SHOEN- THE DEITY WHO DISSEMINATES COMPASSION. DEDICATED TO A KAIGYO PRIEST AND DATED THE MID-SUMMER OF THE NINTH OF TEMPO PERIOD (1838). Height: 13 in. by Width: 8 1/2 in. by Depth: 7 1/4 in.
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BUDDHA SHRINE
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