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KOSHO (1534-1621) A LATER KEI SCHOOL ZUSHI WITH THREE DEITIES
A large wood figure of the Bodhisatva Jizo By Koun, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1746
Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, circa 1600 The black-lacquer cabinet with hinged doors opening to reveal figures
Of yosezukuri (joined-block) construction, the figure shown seated half of Fudo Myo-o flanked by Nyorai Koujin (Vajrasatta), and Aizen Myo-o,
pendant on an elaborate rock base, the left hand holding a sacred all carved and assembled in wood and painted in pigments and gilt,
jewel and the right with a staff and finished in pigments and gold with applied jewelry and accoutrements and set on a multi-tiered dais,
lacquer, the eyes inlaid in crystal, the interior signed Kosho Daibusshi, inscribed on the underside of the cabinet
and inscribed with the address of the sculptor's workshop and the
name of the donor who commissioned the work 不動明王, 如来荒神, 愛染明王 三尊
US$20,000 - 30,000 落陽七條大仏筋運慶嫡博十八世
京西六條天使製作者大仏師康雲
A native of Kyoto and chief sculptor to the Toji Temple, Kosho seems 延享二年作（一七四六年）
to have been active primarily as a restorer of Buddhist statuary; new
works from his hand are rare. Fudo Myo-o, Aizan Myo-o, Nyorai Kojin sanzon
Rakuyou shichi-jou daibutsu suji Unkei chakuden juuhachi-sei
Kyousai rokujou tenshi seisakusha daibusshi Kouun
Enkyou ninen saku (1746)
(Fudo, Aizen Nyorai Koji triad, 18th-generation descendant of the
great Buddhist line of Unkei, of eastern Kyoto's 7th Avenue, Buddhist
sculptor Kouun, of western Kyoto's 6th Avenue
Fudo: 16 1/2in (41.9cm); Aizen: 13 1/8in (33.3cm); Nyorai Koujin: 12
1/2in (31.8cm) high; Cabinet: 22 x 21 3/4 x 10 1/4in (55.8 x 55.2 x
26cm)
US$25,000 - 35,000
The inscription on the underside of the case indicates that all three
figures were carved by a Kyoto sculptor named Koun, purportedly
the 18th descendant in the lineage of Unkei.
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