Paper statue

Japanese: 紙像 - しぞう

A statue made by layering paper. There are many examples of this among dolls from the early modern period onwards, but earlier ones are rare, and one remaining example is the standing Manjusri Bodhisattva statue at Chuguji Temple (height 52.3cm), made in 1269 (Bun'ei 6). Currently it is hardened with lacquer, but originally it was made by layering several sheets of paper pasted onto a core of two scrolls of sutras, and the details were finished by pasting paper on top of a core of paper string or similar. Several other Buddhist statues from before the Edo period are known. [Soejima Hiromichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

紙を貼り重ねて作った像。近世以後の人形などには作例が多いが，それ以前のものはまれで，遺品としては1269年(文永6)製作の中宮寺文殊菩薩立像(像高52.3cm)がある。現在は漆で塗り固められているが，当初は経巻2巻を芯としてこれに紙をのりで何枚も貼り重ね，細部はこより等を芯としてその上に紙を貼って仕上げていた。他に江戸時代以前の仏像が数体知られる。【副島弘道】

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