Wooden Buddha Kannon Japanese Prototype Fujita Somori Coloring Takamura Statue Buddha Statue World Figure Butsu Nyoirin Kannon 560145 "Nyoirin Statue"

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Series name: Japanese Buddhist sculptor MORITA 50th anniversary special limited edition Body size: Height 21 x Width 14 x Depth 8cm Approx. 470g Material: Wooden (cypress) ◆Product contents: Main body ◇Prototype production - Buddhist sculptor: Fujita Aomori ◇Coloring supervision - Coloring artist: Chire Takamura ◇Limited production number - 300 pieces Note: On the back of the statue, there is a signature and edition number by Mr. Fujita Ohmori. A smile full of compassion that soothes the hearts of those who see it In the late Edo period, Mokugumi Meiman Shonin (commonly known as Mokugui Shonin) continued to carve over 1,000 Buddhist statues throughout Japan. Born in 1718 to a farmer in Koseki Village, Yatsushiro District, Kai Province (present-day Minobu Town, Yamanashi Prefecture), he moved to Edo at the age of 14 and worked hard as a servant, but due to the inequality of feudal society, he was born at 22. He became a priest at the age of 10. At the age of 45, he received the Mokukui Kai (a monk who undergoes strict training by eating only tree nuts), and at the age of 56, he embarked on a self-imposed journey around Japan, carving numerous Buddhist statues in various places and passing them on to future generations. I did. The appearance of the Wooden Buddha statues reflects the great desire to create them and the thoughts that have gone through religious practice, and the faces of statues carved after the age of 80 begin to show a smile. By the time he reached the age of ninety, his work became even more sophisticated, and in later years he produced many masterpieces called ``Smiling Buddhas,'' which were named by the religious scholar Michio Kojima.