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Gilded wooden statue of a standing bodhisattva with a ringed staff on a green lotus base, against a gray background.

The Bodhisattva Jizō, Japanese Wood Sculpture

A gilded wooden standing figure of a shaven-headed bodhisattva holds a staff with a ringed finial in one hand and a sleeve-draped gesture in the other. Flowing robes with gold patterning fall over a tiered lotus base, set against a plain gray background.

Artist
Intan
Date
1291
Medium
Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) with polychrome pigments, gold paint (kindei), cut gold leaf (kirikane), and rock-crystal eyes
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2998 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1291).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund, by exchange, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, and Fletcher Fund, 2023

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