著者

皿井 舞

雑誌

美術研究 = The bijutsu kenkiu : the journal of art studies

巻号頁・発行日

no.404, pp.69-81, 2011-08-30

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The standing wooden image of Prince Shotoku (figure H. 76.3 cm), reveals workmanship superior to that seen in other examples of the subject. Nevertheless, the work has not been mentioned since the publication of photographs of the image in Ishida Mosaku, ed., Shotoku taishi sonzó shúsei [Photographs on Portraits of Prince Shotoku] (Kôdansha, 1976). The reason for this hiatus lies in the fact that by the time of the 1976 publication, the sculpture had changed hands, and the details of that transfer were long unknown. The author, however, obtained permission from the image'scurrent owner, Korinji, and was able to conduct a survey of the work. This article presents the detailed findings of that study with the aim of introducing this work as reference material for further research. It confirms that the image is in the style of the Araki-Azabu sect of the Shinran school of Pure Land Buddhism, and suggests that the work was created in the first half of the 14th century (late Kamakura period).