Bodhisattva statue in the clouds

...The head, body and both legs have large hollows that run through each part, and the wood is uniformly thin. In addition, the temple's Unchu Kuyo Bosatsu statue (statue height 40-87cm) shows the completion technique of warihagi construction, in which the head and body are made from a single piece of wood, split vertically and hollowed out, and then the head and body are split again and glued together again. Warihagi construction has since become the basic sculpting technique for making statues up to life-size....

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Booth in the Clouds Statue" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…頭体，両脚部には各部に通じる大きな内刳りが施され，材の肉は均一に薄くなっている。また同寺の雲中供養菩薩像(像高40～87cm)では，頭体幹部を1材で作り，これを縦に割り放って内刳りを施し，さらに頭部と体部を割り放し，これらを再び矧ぎ合わせるという割矧造（わりはぎづくり）の完成技法が見られる。割矧造はそれ以後，等身大程度までの像を作るときの基本的な造像技法となった。…

※「雲中供養菩薩像」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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