Jizô, the Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix

Jizô bosatsu zazô
地蔵菩薩坐像　一躯

Japanese

late Heian period

12th century

Medium/Technique Japanese cypress with polychrome and gold; joined woodblock construction

Dimensions 77.2 cm (30 3/8 in.) (height of figure)

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession Number05.227a-d

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 24

ProvenancePurchased for the Museum by Okakura Kakuzo in Japan, 1905.