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FUJIWARA MASATSUGU: A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ENMEI JIZO SEATED ON A LACQUERED WOOD THRONE, DATED 1786
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12月06日 下午5点 开拍 / 12月04日 下午3点 截止委托
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FUJIWARA MASATSUGU: A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ENMEI JIZO SEATED ON A LACQUERED WOOD THRONE, DATED 1786

By Fujiwara Masatsugu, signed Fujiwara Masatsugu
Japan, dated 1786

Finely cast, the figure seated in lalitasana atop a black and gold-lacquered lotus throne raised on a wood base naturalistically carved in the form of craggy rockwork. Jizo is dressed in long monastic robes falling in elegant folds, holding an oju (treasure jewel) in his open left hand, and backed by a nimbus decorated with the Three Jewels (sambo). His face bearing a serene expression with heavy-lidded eyes, a broad nose, and sinuous brows centered by a gilt byakugo (urna).

The back inscribed, On Buddha’s blissful day in the seventh month of the sixth year of the Tenmei era [1786] in the year of hinoe-uma, inscribed by Joho Keikoku, the earnest Buddhist practitioner monk, who resides in the Shitenno-ji Temple compound, Higashinari ward, Settsu province [Osaka]. The figure made by FUJIWARA MASATSUGU, who has the honorary title of Otani Sagami-no-jo, resident and metalsmith at Nishikozu, Osaka.

Further, with reference to the coin mark Eiraku Tsuho, the text on the back of the figure reads: For several years, old coins of Eiraku Tsuho, one coin after another, were inscribed reciting one volume of the Sutra of Boundless Life. I dedicate this sacred metal statue of the great Enmei Jizo. I pray that all my wishes in this life will be fulfilled, and that I will be able to attain Nirvana in the Pure Land (Jodo) in the next life.

HEIGHT 61.5 cm (figure) and 69.5 cm (total)
WEIGHT 13.8 kg

Condition: Overall good condition with expected wear, one leg with repairs, some elements slightly loose, the bronze with remnants of gilt, the staff lost. Expected losses to lacquer and the wood stand with chips and age cracks with associated repairs.

Otani Sagami Daisho (jo) Fujiwara Masatsugu is the name and title of a foundry master of the Otani family who received the official name Jo. The Otani family has been a family of foundry masters for generations since its foundation in the Eiroku era (1558-1570).

Jizo (Kshitigharba) is a bodhisattva in the guise of a monk wearing a kesa, or patchwork surplice, and holding a monk's staff and a sacred jewel. Seated on a lotus pedestal, he has descended to earth to "mingle with the dust," or enter the hells to exchange place with sinners. The cult of Jizo as a savior and an advocate for the sinner in hell became central to Japanese Buddhism in the Kamakura period. Functioning like a priest, he serves as a guide of the dead through the intermediate state and on to birth in the Pure Land of Amida Buddha. In popular religion, Jizo is also linked with indigenous cults of fertility and childbirth.

Museum comparison:
A closely related gilt-bronze figure of Jizo Bosatsu by Nishimura Izumi-no-kami, circa 1760, 172 cm high, is in the Saint-Remi Museum, inventory number 978.622.

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