Inscription on wood carving of Buddhist Amida Triad
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@ the OP, did you read our reply? Any response? I don't want to reply to those who say nothing to our answers.
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Hi,
@Mike Cash Thank you very much! I'm really thankful and appreciate your help!
@Toritoribe and @thomas Your absolutely right. And I'm very thankful. I'm very sorry that I did not reply earlier.
@Mike Cash Thank you very much! I'm really thankful and appreciate your help!
@Toritoribe and @thomas Your absolutely right. And I'm very thankful. I'm very sorry that I did not reply earlier.
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開眼法下大僧都日運(probably supposed 蓮)大聖人仏師宗女刻之
寛文八戊申歳十月八日入仏壇願主宗感芳正
It's saying about the artist, the date when it's made, the one who offered to make it, but there are many mistakes in the inscribed kanji. I suppose it's fake.
寛文八戊申歳十月八日入仏壇願主宗感芳正
It's saying about the artist, the date when it's made, the one who offered to make it, but there are many mistakes in the inscribed kanji. I suppose it's fake.
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Hello Toritoribe,
thank you so much for the time and work you put into this! Now I have a very good starting point for further investigations.
I mainly collect chinese antiques, but sometimes, when something is beautiful, I also buy japanese antique items. Like this one.
Thank you!
thank you so much for the time and work you put into this! Now I have a very good starting point for further investigations.
I mainly collect chinese antiques, but sometimes, when something is beautiful, I also buy japanese antique items. Like this one.
Thank you!
開眼法|下 = "open the eyes for an image (Buddha)", consecration ceremony
大僧都 = A high ranking priest belong to Hougen Kajou-i
日運大聖人 = an emperor reporter sage?
佛師 = buddha image maker
宗女 = female royal family (in Chinese)
刻之 = inscribed
寊(寬)文八 = Kambun Era 8th year
戊申歳十月八日 = [Lunar] Boshin year : 10th-month : 8th = [Solar] AD1668 : November : 11th(Sunday)
入佛檀 = install onto the ancestor (ash) shrine? (檀 = 壇 from a Chinese reference）
願主 = person who wished
宗感芳正= (a person/monk alias)?...宗 = ancestor, sect ...., 感 = sense, feel , 芳 = good, fragrance , 正 = right, correct
(I try to help though I'm not Japanese, infos are mostly from the internet reference
so I am not qualified to put the meanings together in to translation)
sorry for all the mistakes
大僧都 = A high ranking priest belong to Hougen Kajou-i
日運大聖人 = an emperor reporter sage?
佛師 = buddha image maker
宗女 = female royal family (in Chinese)
刻之 = inscribed
寊(寬)文八 = Kambun Era 8th year
戊申歳十月八日 = [Lunar] Boshin year : 10th-month : 8th = [Solar] AD1668 : November : 11th(Sunday)
入佛檀 = install onto the ancestor (ash) shrine? (檀 = 壇 from a Chinese reference）
願主 = person who wished
宗感芳正= (a person/monk alias)?...宗 = ancestor, sect ...., 感 = sense, feel , 芳 = good, fragrance , 正 = right, correct
(I try to help though I'm not Japanese, infos are mostly from the internet reference
so I am not qualified to put the meanings together in to translation)
sorry for all the mistakes
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