Statues of Enmeijizo (giving a long-life) by Lake Ashi¡Ê3¡Ë
[ID] 4603
[Photographer] unknown
[Album]
[Place] Hakone
[Date] unknown
[Color] color
[Size] 140x95
[Cabinet] 90-45-0
[Keyword] statue of Buddha/Hakone/lake
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This is Enmei Jizo in autumn, 1871 after Haibutsukishaku (anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era). Compared with the image in catalogue #5365, the figure's halo is broken, the accompanying jizo figures on the side are gone, and the stone lanterns have been destroyed. There were many stone Buddhas and stone towers as well as this Enmei Jizo in Tokaido Hakon Sanchuzu, documented by a ukiyoe print made by Sadahide Goun during Edo era. It is reported that many were thrown into the lake.